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Corny Call Letters

The radio business has lots of four-letter words.  The words I’m talking about are the four call letters by which most stations are known.  So…

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Two Different Burial Spot Claims

He is one of the greatest Indian chiefs ever to lead his tribes in peace and battle. Ironically, two different towns claim his burial spot…

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Where the Buffalo Roam

It’s a place wnere the buffalo roam and herds of people come to watch them.  I’ll take you to a place that attracts visitors worldwide…

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A Road to Make You Drive Slowly

The purpose of a new road is usually to get people from one point to another more quickly and safely.  This man had another idea. …

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South Dakota’s First State Park

It is South Dakota’s first state park but when it was established over a century ago one man was worried the pristine place would be…

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A Museum with Big Artifacts

It’s a museum with some of the biggest artifacts you’ll find and you can walk right up to just about everyone of them. I’ll take…

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Higher and Faster than a Plane

When you think of an Air Force base you of course think of air planes.  But at this base, the main feature was something that…

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The Pink Castle

It’s known as the “Pink Castle.”  You’d be surprised how many notable figures passed through these halls and the importance the home and family living…

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Putting Stakes in the Ground

They built their home so far from civilization, they put stakes in the ground so they could find their way back.  They stayed and created…

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The Rapid City Flood of 1972

Today it is a peaceful park, with plenty of green open spaces.  Turn back to the clock to the early 1970s and this area looked…

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