RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) - America is getting ready to celebrate its 250th birthday. Each day leading up to the big event KOTA ...

In 1855 at Ash Hollow in pre-statehood Nebraska Territory, along the Oregon Trail near today’s town of Lewellen, William Harney led troops who killed 86 Lakota Sioux in a village, ...

A Native American man says the name of South Dakota’s tallest mountain is offensive and should be changed. Basil Brave Heart, who is from the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation and describes himself ...

On July 31, 1874, General George Custer and some of his officers climbed the top of Harney Peak. As the Rapid City area continues to grow, county law enforcement also needs to expand. The Brink family ...

William S. Harney, the namesake of Harney Peak, was court-martialed four times during his Army career, and a meeting Monday in South Dakota’s capital city could be akin to a ...

Our first stop takes us to the top of Harney Peak, where the historic lookout tower is undergoing renovations. How'd they get all that equipment to the 7,000 foot summit? Horsepower, courtesy of ...

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A federal board's Thursday decision to rename Harney Peak to Black Elk Peak surprised South Dakota's governor, but vindicated activists who unsuccessfully argued to state ...

In 2016, the Federal Board of Geographic Names voted to rename South Dakota’s highest point, formerly Harney Peak, as Black Elk Peak. The move was part of re-examining Army Gen. William S ...

TALK PLENTY, TIN SCARCE; THE MYTHICAL PRODUCT OF THE HARNEY PEAK MINE. AN ANSWER TO THE STATEMENTS MADE BY PRESIDENT UNTERMYER -- THE EXPERIENCE OF AN ENGLISH EXPERT -- A SAMPLE "SALE." ...