First look at artwork for Mystery of the Maize
With another children’s book on the way from award-winning authors David Volk and Mark Meierhenry, it is time to give you a glimpse at some of the artwork from illustrator Marty Two Bulls.

Special Offer on books for the Holidays
SDSHS Press is offering a buy one, get one half price special offer on certain books this holiday season, so check out the options!

Sneak Peak at the Next Prairie Tale
Donald F. Montileaux is illustrating the 5th Prairie Tale, which will be The Enchanted Buffalo. The book won’t be out until next September, but here is a sneak peak at an early draft of the cover.

Small-town Boy, Small-town Girl soon to be released
Just to whet your appetite, you can now download a small excerpt from this great new book from the South Dakota State Historical Society Press.

A Marvelous Hundred Square Miles, part 12
To buy A Marvelous Hundred Square Miles: Black Hills Tourism, 1880-1941 so that you can read the whole thing in its hardcover beauty, click on this link. Giving up hopes for a resolution, Albert Michaud assigned his interest in the claims to his brother Frank and moved to Canada about 1910. Frank Michaud and his family continued to ask for reimbursement from the government, and the Forest Service debated the matter internally. If Michaud’s claims were valid, he could have obtained patent to the property and the government might have been obligated to purchase the land. On the other hand, if