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Our handicapper picks his winners for an eight-race card in Shakopee.

Chief Washakie was a noted chief of the Shoshone people. He was born around about 1804 and became a prominent leader of his tribe during the mid-19th century. He has always been considered as a friend to the white men, and in 1851, at the urging of mountain man Jim Bridger, Washakie led a band of

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In the 1964 movie, Cheyenne Autumn, with Richard Widmark and host of other name actors, it tells the story of the Cheyenne people’s desperate attempt to leave the hot, dry Oklahoma reservation to return to their homelands in the Yellowstone Country of Wyoming. The movie was based on the book of the

Although today we have radio, television, the internet and an almost unlimited stream of news reports, back in the 1870s in Wyoming, during what is referred to as the ‘Great Sioux War,” this wasn’t the case. But, people back east still wanted news, especially news of their fathers and husbands; sons

On Tuesday, November 14, at the Hub on Smith, the Sheridan Community Land Trust Explore History Program presented a talk on The Battle of the Rosebud. SCLT History Manager Kevin Knapp and former Sheridan County Historical Society Director Dana Prater discussed the details of this famous battle. The

Martin Scorsese’s blockbuster film can help draw further attention to the Osage murders and the longstanding history of Native Americans in Oklahoma.

A few months ago, a neighbor asked us if we had visited some of the forts in Arizona. Our answer, of course, was a quick “yes.” We love forts! During

David Harman passed away. This is the full obituary where you can share condolences and memories. Published in the Cumberland Times News on 2023-08-27.

This 1972 article from the South Dakota Historical Society looks at some of the ghost towns in the Black Hills.