Willow Creek Lutheran Church
The details of the moving of this cemetery just might keep me up at night. Come along as we head to an historic church and cemetery in Dell Rapids and get to know a little of the history while reading...
7 Nov 202413min
The Goss Opera House History While Talkin with Tasha
Siouxland renowned former morning radio talk show host Tasha and I get to chat history while going over the gruesome details of a possible haunting at the Goss Opera House in Watertown South Dakota. C...
31 Okt 202427min
Mill Dam Tragedy
On May 13, 1912, amidst a flood of the Big Sioux River, four young men from Sioux Falls dared to take a canoe and rowboat over the Cascade Mill Dam. While two of the men, Guy Beck and Mat Yost managed...
15 Okt 202416min
Cascade Milling Company
The Cascade Mill, the lesser-known original mill in early Sioux Falls, was built before the more famous Queen Bee Mill, completed in 1877. It was smaller and less expensive, located upstream from the ...
10 Okt 202412min
The Town of Valley Springs
Valley Springs, South Dakota isn't too far from Sioux Falls, just about 20 miles East. The town also has some unique history like how long time resident Adeline M Jenney would be named South Dakota’s ...
26 Sep 202429min
Local Lou on the Road Badger Clark South Dakota’s First Poet Laureate. Custer State Park, South Dakota.
We are going to get to know South Dakota's first poet Laureate Badger Clark through historical markers located in Custer and Faith, South Dakota. Its a tale of tuberculosis and poetry... Leaving Prin...
19 Sep 202419min
Revisiting Wallner Gardens an Interview with Robert Wallner Jr.
Wallner Gardens, was a family farming business founded by F. X. Wallner in 1912 in South Sioux Falls. The farm would close in 1979 after providing vegetables for the community for 67 years. Join Local...
16 Sep 202419min
Local Lou on the Road Delmont South Dakota
We hit the road and head to Delmont South Dakota where they are known for an Onion House, Kuchen, and a tornado (Oh my!) this sweet little town had many layers of history for us to explore. Local ...
12 Sep 202420min
