Black Hills

Halloween in Custer State Park

The crown jewel of South Dakota’s state park system is Custer State Park, located in the southern Black Hills approximately 50 miles from...

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Our People Have Their Heroes Too

Heroes come in all kinds of packages. In fact, many heroes are not even recognized – least of all during their own lifetimes. But...

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The Promise of Spring

I don’t know where you live, but have you ever noticed that there is a world of difference between Spring Fever and actual Spring? ...

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The Cutest Rodent

Here I am, writing about beavers again. That’s what happens when some of your best tours explore trails used by practioners of the...

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Wildfire

Just before Christmas of 2017, the Black Hills of South Dakota suffered it’s third largest wildfire ever, burning 54,023 acres of forest...

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How the Buffalo Were Saved

Have you ever wondered how the buffalo were saved? Like most such tales, it is actually more than one story, which I’ll get to shortly....

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Year-end Miracle

Here in the Black Hills we had a little extra excitement in the days leading up to the year-end festivities. You could even call it a...

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Valley of A Thousand Smokes

When I was growing up on my grandparents’ ranch in the Black Hills of South Dakota, one of our favorite hikes was to what everybody...

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