These are stories that didn't neatly fit in with previous episodes and are all lighter fare than what I shared in the first South Dakota Grab Bag.
One item not mentioned in the video is about the story you will find 9 minutes and fifteen seconds about the dot on the map called Cottonwood.
It was windy that day, as it often is on the West River plains. The camera was on a tripod standing on a country road with the camera close to head high. The body of the camera exposed to the wind. Either during a take or between attempts to get the stand-up "right" a gust caught it. Thankfully I was within arm's reach and grabbed a leg of the tripod before the $13,000 camera hit the pavement (My income at that time was $17,000).
The first story is colorful as Native Americans welcome guests from China with a dance while wearing ceremonial garb. There are a couple small town stories, although larger than Cottonwood, featured for their versions of celebrating the state's 100th birthday followed by one about the state's Centennial Acre.
From there the variety continues as the daughter of the man who began work on the Crazy Horse Monument in the Black Hills travels to Mobridge where she works to repair one of her dad's early works. There are two pieces about a man heading to a fantasy baseball camp (as those were just getting started) and the final story looks (in a few scenes shot from inside a stock car taking laps before the race) at the revived racetrack in Winner, South Dakota.
I hope you enjoy it!
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