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Andrew Frank Fools Crow & Upward Bound
In the summer of 1970 revered and highly respected traditional Oglala Sioux Teton chief, civic leader, and healer, Andrew Frank Fools Crow (circa 1890-1989) visited the University of South Dakota (USD) and met with students in the Upward Bound program. The purpose of the Upward Bound Program, started in 1966 at USD under the Institute […]
Evelyn Schlenker
Oct 29, 20242 min read
Five themes to research for the 250th anniversary of the United States
Unfinished Revolutions Power of Place We the People American Experiment Doing History These themes are suggested by the American Association for State and Local History in their pamphlet “The Field Guide for the Semiquincentennial Making History at 250”. Happy Archives Month
Doris Peterson
Oct 18, 20241 min read
Before the mid-1920s, #ArchivesOnTheRoad could have cruised the Sunshine Highway in South Dakota in a Fawick Flyer.
These are some of the named automobile routes in South Dakota in 1920: Yellowstone Trail – Ortonville, MN to Hettinger, ND – marked on map with orange. Black and Yellow Trail – Tracy, MN to Sundance, WY – marked on map with yellow. Custer Battlefield Hiway – Sioux City, IA to Sundance, WY – marked […]
Doris Peterson
Oct 4, 20241 min read
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