Somebody who insults women, marks the disabled, marks pows, just wanted to get an education. Watch afterwards sunday night at 9 00 eastern on cspan2s booktv. South dakota, along the banks of the missouri river, chosen as south dakotas capital city in 1889. Reflecting the american frontier is home to cowboys and cattle, the backdrop for iconic American Writer laura ingles little house on the prairie series. With help of our Cable Partners for the next hour we feature the Literary Community beginning with nancy koppel on the Important Role south dakota plays in american history. We are in the research and Publishing Office of the daily Historical Society and also the headquarters of the south dakota Historical Society press. Back in the day in 1997, i felt it was a niche we could fill in south dakota. Nobody was doing our history seriously. I shouldnt say nobody, that is not fair. There was a concerted effort to do publishing for the state of south dakota, to do it right, you have to hav
Fishing derby sees record turnout
DEER ISLE The annual Slim’s Fishing Derby, held the weekend of Feb. 13-14, saw a record turnout. Organizers attribute that in part to the COVID-19 pandemic, which has people looking for things to do outside.
The derby is held as a fundraiser for scholarships in memory of Jimmy “Slim” Douglass, who died in a snowmobile accident in Deer Isle in 2008. The volunteer firefighter was 26.
Organizer Jesse Larrabee said 520 people participated, which is “130 more than our biggest year.”
“It is in line with what the game wardens had mentioned,” Larrabee said. “A lot of families and kids are outdoors because there’s nowhere else to go.”