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Events
January 24 - January 28Sioux Empire Farm Show - Sioux Falls
January 25 - January 27 January 25 - January 28The Days of '75-'76 (film) - Lead
January 27 - January 28Funski Winter Carnival - Sioux Falls
January 27 - February 05Black Hills Stock Show - Rapid City
All EventsOn This Day
January 27
The South Dakota National Guard was formed on January 27, 1862. Since then, it has grown from six companies of militia to a 4,400 person fighting force of 64 Army Guard and 16 Air Guard units.
Photo of the Week
We get so many great photos of South Dakota here at the magazine, we thought we'd share one every week with you. Enjoy! [read more]
Food
Lead's Meat Pies
The pastie, a Cornish meat pie, is a tasty remnant of the Northern Black Hills' mining past. [read more ]
Reverend Sanderson's Lefse Ministry
Sweet Time
Pumpkin Cinnamon Rolls with Cream Cheese Icing
Holiday Recipe: Prairie Sage Dressing
Travel
Leaving Tracks
Phillip Hammes recalls experiencing the South Dakota plains from a rumbling boxcar in the early 1980s. [read more ]
The Great Tradition of Wall
Poinsett's Enduring Charm
Backpacking Sage Creek
The Old Swimming Hole
History
Borglum's Last Christmas
Remembering Christmas time with the Mount Rushmore family. [read more ]
The Verne Miller Story : From Lawman To Outlaw
Faith in the Voters
The Great Hyde County Prairie Fire of 1947
First Lady of Sturgis
Outdoors
Explorers of an Unseen World
Curiosity took Jan & Herb Conn of Custer underground to discover the buried treasure that is South Dakota’s Jewel Cave. [read more ]
Boundary Walker
The Hidewood
Wild and Civilized
The Island Mesa
Culture
High in the Saddle
Wall’s cowboy artist Galen Wallum paints a vanishing breed. [read more ]
Staging Comebacks
The Wheat Ritual
Ten ‘Must See’ South Dakota Paintings
South Dakota’s Corn Culture
Business
Willard's Water
The founder is gone, but his "Super Water" goes on. [read more ]
Staging Comebacks
The Last Nurseryman
Wagon Master
Spinoffs from Sturgis
Editor's Notebook
A New Flag for South Dakota
January 24, 2012
Our legislature adopted a state flag in 1909, but it has been lost. A new design by the great artist Dick Termes pays homage to the old, and yet provides ... [read more]
[more Editor's Notebook]Columns
January 27, 2012
The Theater of Communities
ARTS: Give a rousing ovation to our hometown thespians who work hard to give us an evening of entertainment. [read More]
January 25, 2012
Small Town Saturday Nights
MUSIC: Generous Glacial Lakes musicians revitalize their communities with their rollicking tunes. [read More]
January 25, 2012
Wild Bill and Calamity Jane: A Love Story?
HISTORY: The first film to link them romantically has been rediscovered nearly 100 years after its creation. Watch it this weekend. [read More]
January 25, 2012
Hobgoblins in Politics
POLITICS: Inconsistency led one Republican to reconsider his right-wing views. [read More]
January 24, 2012
We Don't Need No Zamboni
OUTDOORS: Making your own backyard ice rink is not as easy as you might expect. [read More]