A fascinating collection of thirty-two compelling stories about events that shaped the Mount Rushmore State, It Happened in South Dakota describes everything from Lewis and Clark raising an American flag on the Missouri to the continuing creation of a monument to Crazy Horse.

History/US—19th Century [reading line] True tales from the Mount Rushmore State’s past—from prehistoric mammoths to the mysterious Learjet crash that ended the life of a PGA golf star Although even today there are plenty of stretches of open, uninhabited space throughout South Dakota, literally just below the surface lies evidence that civilizations have made this land home for countless centuries. Many followed the buffalo, while others came searching for gold or to farm or, more recently, to marvel at natural and man-made wonders this beautiful state contains. It Happened in South Dakota goes behind the scenes to tell this story, in short episodes that reveal the intriguing people and events that have shaped the Mount Rushmore State. ·Recount the unearthing of a mass grave that archaeologists determined was from a horrific massacre of nearly 500 men, women, and children during the mid-1300s ·Relive one of the worst floods in U.S. history, which caused thirty-two deaths and wreaked havoc across 320,000 square miles in the Midwest in the summer of 1993 ·Discover why the Mount Rushmore national monument was never finished ·Read about the tremendous explosion near Sioux Falls that even registered on seismographs in California Patrick Straub is the author of Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Flyfishing and The Orvis Pocket Guide to Streamer Fishing (both by Globe Pequot). He lives with his wife on the Bighorn River in southeastern Montana. T. D. Griffith has written or coauthored more than sixty books, including Outlaw Tales of South Dakota and Insiders’ Guide to South Dakota’s Black Hills and Badlands (both by Globe Pequot). He lives and writes in the Black Hills of South Dakota. cover photo caption: Gutzon Borglum and supt. inspecting work on face [nose] of Washington, Mt. Rushmore, S.D. Credit: Library of Congress [LC-USZ62-63648]