SCOUTING REPORT | West River history, hijacking Lobster Day, mayor’s Youth Council

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We start this week in beautiful Hill City, South Dakota, host of this year’s West River History Conference. The 32^nd year of the conference runs Oct. 2-4. The conference rotates from location to location, and Hill City is notable for being home to the Crazy Horse Memorial and the South Dakota Railroad Museum.

The conference includes seminars on historical events and communities in the region, including eastern Wyoming and the Northern Great Plains. There will be tours and a reception for authors of new works of history.

Let’s eat: Scout subscribers in running for choice South Dakota-raised beef

This year’s conference includes seminars on the first Custer Expedition and new information about the famous gambler, Poker Alice. 

Certificates will be given to winners of the best scholarly works from the 2023 conference. In the amateur/memoir research category, Tim Velder of Sundance, Wyoming, won for his work “USS Wyoming.” Second place went to Less Stroschine of Sturgis for “David C. Comstock alias John J. Dunn-Who was this man?”

RANCHER REVOLT: Rally planned against government tagging, database requirement