Dakota Life
Stories about interesting South Dakota people, places, and things. New episodes on TV and online the second Thursday of each month, September - June
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Dakota Life November 1999
We visit barns, sod house and one room schoolhouses across South Dakota.
Dakota Life Detours The Highline of the Black Hills
Join SDPB as we take a ride on the most scenic railway of the Black Hills and learn its history.
Greetings from Garretson
Discover the beauty and history of Palisades State Park, goat yoga, and a very special love story.
Arts & Artists
Dakota Life stories about South Dakota art and artists
Black Hills & Badlands
Dakota Life stories about the Black Hills & Badlands
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To highlight the upcoming episode of Dakota Life, we share about the town of Wessington Springs and its origins. -
Dr. Beth Jensen is a family physician who is the founder of Glean For Good, which allows visitors a way to appreciate farm-life through a number of activities including farm-to-table dinners, glorified petting zoo opportunities, soap making, felting, and as SDPB experienced - goat yoga. -
Susan Haygood is a painter and sculptor with a life-long relationship with horses. -
SDPB meets Bruce Reckstad, who conducts tours up and down Split Rock Creek on a pontoon boat.
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NewsJoin SDPB for a free screening of Dakota Life Greetings from Wessington Springs on Monday, March 31st, at the 1905 Opera House. -
In this 2009 Dakota Life story, come visit the new Casey Tibbs Rodeo Center in Fort Pierre and meet the people who made the center a reality. -
In 2021, the Garretson Historical Society hired a former military ordinance specialist turned locksmith to repair a lock in the Garretson Museum, which is partially housed in a former bank. When he looked at the vault doors, he discovered a live mechanism containing industrial-strength tear gas.
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