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SCOUTING YESTERDAY: Polio crisis reaches South Dakota
This week in South Dakota history: May 17-23
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Dan Gehlsen
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SCOUTING YESTERDAY: Uniting South Dakota with Missouri River crossings
This week in South Dakota history: March 2-8
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Dan Gehlsen
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SCOUTING YESTERDAY: Sirens fail before deadly South Dakota tornado
This week in South Dakota history: May 24-30
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Dan Gehlsen
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Electricity not how Sioux Falls' century-old power building got its start
This special edition of SCOUTING YESTERDAY explores how a region-leading canning factory was used to electrify South Dakota's largest city
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Dan Gehlsen
SCOUTING YESTERDAY | South Dakota governor poses corporate income tax
This week in South Dakota history: Jan. 3-9
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Dan Gehlsen
SCOUTING YESTERDAY: Crazy Horse monument breaks ground 75 years ago
This week in South Dakota history: June 1-6
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Dan Gehlsen
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SCOUTING YESTERDAY | Governor quits cigarettes, soda after intestine surgery
This week in South Dakota history: July 19-25
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Dan Gehlsen
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SCOUTING YESTERDAY: Post-suffrage League of Women Voters organizes to 'finish the fight'
This week in South Dakota history: July 12-18
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Dan Gehlsen
SCOUTING YESTERDAY: Gen. Beadle's School & Public Lands proposal impresses Congress
This week in South Dakota history: Oct. 25-31
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Dan Gehlsen
SCOUTING YESTERDAY: Marlon Brando refuses Oscar amid Wounded Knee support
This week in South Dakota history: March 22-28
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SCOUTING YESTERDAY: Wounded Knee occupation ends after bloodshed, peace pact
This week in South Dakota history: May 2-9
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Dan Gehlsen
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SCOUTING YESTERDAY | Serial killer trial kicks off in Sioux Falls
This week in South Dakota history: Feb. 28 - March 5
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Dan Gehlsen
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