Rapid City, situated between South Dakota's Black Hills and the Badlands, was a waypoint for miners and hardware suppliers looking to benefit from the late-1800s gold rush. The original settlers ...

As the centuries unfolded, and pioneers and settlers gave way to tourists, the Black Hills evolved too. In 1903, Wind Cave, located just south of Custer, became one of the first national parks in ...

BLACK HILLS, S.D. — Bison and bears and alligators, oh my! You probably don’t need any more reasons than those to get a kid interested in the Black Hills of South Dakota, but just in case ...