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Wagon train heads to Hills

By Dan • Aug 26th, 2010 • Category: Culture

The riders in the Historic Miles City to Deadwood Trail Ride have crossed the Powder River on their way to the Black Hills…



The Many Falls of Steven Tyler

By Joe • Aug 19th, 2010 • Category: Culture

Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler proves that he doesn’t discriminate – he’ll fall off of any concert stage. Tyler fell off the stage during a show in Toronto…



I HEART the Black Hills!

By Dan • Aug 11th, 2010 • Category: Culture

According to a website I ran across, when folks at the EROS Data Center in Sioux Falls looked at satellite images of the Black Hills, they were astounded by what they saw…



Hanson-Larsen Memorial Park Logo Unveiled

By Joe • Aug 4th, 2010 • Category: Culture

Rapid City’s Hanson-Larsen Memorial Park (HLMP) now has an official logo to go along with its nationally recognized hiking and biking trails…



Anniversary of Wild Bill Hickok’s Death

By Joe • Aug 2nd, 2010 • Category: Culture

The fateful shot was fired 134 years ago today – August 2, 1876. The shot that rang throughout Deadwood and killed James Butler ‘Wild Bill’ Hickok…



Cultures Unite to Bury Unknown Pioneer

By Joe • Jul 29th, 2010 • Category: Culture

We will likely never know his name, but yesterday we laid him to rest, high above Historic Deadwood. It was a re-interment service for the unidentified remains of a nineteenth century Deadwood ancestor…



So Much for the Summertime Blues

By Joe • Jul 20th, 2010 • Category: Culture

The news was in, and it wasn’t good. The doctor hung her head low and informed me that I was not to rock climb for a minimum of one month…



Photo Shootout registration now open

By Joe • Jul 2nd, 2010 • Category: Culture

Registration is now open for the first-ever Black Hills Photo Shootout, a photography festival that is taking place this September in the beautiful Black Hills…



Wall Drug makes ‘Weird & Wonderful’ list

By Joe • Jun 23rd, 2010 • Category: Culture

Lonely Planet – the popular travel publishing company and online magazine – has named Wall Drug as one of the ‘Top 10 Weird & Wonderful’ roadside attractions in the U.S…



Black Hills Overdrive photos from Deadwood

By Joe • Jun 11th, 2010 • Category: Culture

Classic and vintage cars paraded up Main Street Deadwood today as part of Black Hills Overdrive, a large car rally taking place this weekend in the Black Hills.