A West River cowboy, chaps and all, was captured in prairie cinematic style by Jean Laughton, a photographer from Interior.

Learning to Fly: Interactions between horse hooves and the heart on the back roads of Dewey County.

South Dakota Secrets: From wild asparagus hunting  to calf roping — tips to help you make the most of life in South Dakota.

Love of the Game: Six heroes of town-team baseball.

A Spa at Midland: Small town warmth, hot mineral baths and the healing hands of George Stroppel.

Coach Howard Wood: The Dakota Relays are a running memorial to Sioux Falls' legendary coach.

Galena's Ghosts: The quiet Black Hills mountain village reverberates with mining history.

General Beadle: William Henry Harrison Beadle outmaneuvered Chief Drifting Goose and defended Jack McCall, but we remember how he saved South Dakota schools.

Spring Branding: South Dakota's east-west divide is bridged by family tradition at Newt & Carol Hicks' ranch near Utica.