Excavators work to uncover mammoth bones during the early days of The Mammoth Site of Hot Springs, South Dakota. This week, the attraction and scientific site is celebrating its 50th anniversary with two celebrations on Friday and Saturday, June 21-22.
HOT SPRINGS – On the bottom row of a large bookshelf in the office of the Fall River County Herald-Star is a row of bound newspaper indexes with hard green covers from the 1970s.The 1974 book – from 50 years ago – features Hot Springs Star newspapers with headlines ranging from U.S. President Richard Nixon’s resignation, to Hot Springs’ Eddie Clay’s bid to be the state’s Lieutenant Governor, to…
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