Vanished South Dakota | SDPB Documentary

SDPB's popular documentary returns for another airing in December!

You finally had a chance to watch the documentary, now test your knowledge of some of South Dakota's hardest to find towns!

The Vanished South Dakota documentary premieres August 19 on TV, but SDPB Passport members can watch early online!

Thanks to many great folks across the state, we were introduced to an incredible number of vanished towns across South Dakota. While not all could make the cut for the one-hour doc

Located in Day County, Crandall's post office was established in 1903 and remained in operation until 1973. It is home to the last Standard Oil station to use manual gravity pumps.

In The Moment ... August 6, 2019 Show 631 Hour 2What leads to the birth of a town? How is it that some towns see a boom and then years later some of those…

SDPB's newest documentary has been a labor of love for producer Stephanie Rissler.

Platted in 1881, the town of Ordway in Brown County once had aims of being a territorial capital.

SDPB's newest documentary visits the remnants of once-thriving towns to discover what led to their birth, boom and demise. Several free screenings are offered prior to the August 1

Catch a sneak preview of the local doc everyone's talking about.