With two friends following in their car, Cyn Palmer drove up to the crest of the hill to see the direction of the wildfire raging through the foothills of the Rocky Mountains.
In 2016, voters in Roberts County voted for Donald Trump at a higher percentage than anywhere else in the country 524 of 554 ballots cast. The world’s media descended seemingly overnight. We were curious whether the wave of attention had changed anything about daily life in the town.
The legendary Lakota horseman lives near Wounded Knee. His name is Fred Ecoffey, and he first barreled out of the gates in 1957 on a horse named Baby Sweeper.