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.
The crowd includes an octogenarian here to support her grandson, a safety who she proudly notes has already been setting records; a single mom from Wichita whose son would go on to score the Badgers’ first touchdown of the afternoon; and two former New England Patriots.