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The Jesse James Pontoon Tour | Dakota Life

We meet Bruce Reckstad, who conducts tours up and down Split Rock Creek on a pontoon boat. On it, he speaks about the American Indians who called the area home, the geology of the quartzite cliffs, and the cave that Jesse James called home while evading the posse after the James Younger Gang's unsuccessful robbery in Northfield, MN.

Jordyn Henderson served as a videographer and multimedia producer for SDPB.
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