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Dakota Life Episode 106 (February 1999)

Season 1 Episode 6 | 26m 50s

On this episode of Dakota Life, we speak with Ted and Dorothy Hustead, who created one of the most famous stops in America, Wall Drug. We then talk with Brent Olson, who farms near Ortonville, Minnesota, about his book The Lay of the Land. Finally, we go for a run with marathon runner Jerry Dunn of Spearfish.

Aired: 06/17/25
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Extras
We travel to Eureka for this episode of Dakota Life
The Dakota Thunder Air Show, Lakota Code Talker and sculptures Sheri Treeby and Lee Luening.
SDPB travels to Newell to learn the history of this town and the people that make it a great.
Yellow Jacket Rodeo "A Gritty Bunch"
Ten-year -old Bria Neff from Sioux Falls won the South Dakota Doodle 4 Google Art Contest
A Hawaiian far from home finds a feeling of aloha by sharing his culture & music.
Join the Kral family on hunt during South Dakota's spring turkey hunting season.
One of the Black Hills Stock Show's most popular events is the Ranch Rodeo.
Children's Home Society students take flight, creating a Sioux Falls airport art display.
Kevin Woster and Tim Bjork take you fly fishing in Spearfish
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