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Building Reservation Homes images   by Denise Glaser Malloy
Robert Young once was a successful Seattle business owner who thought poverty was "someone else's responsibility."
first appeared: 9/30/2007
Crafting Vintage Vehicles images   by Chuck Cecil
Wheelwright Tim Hoffman pours water on a hot rim of steel and momentarily disappears in a billowy cloud of steam at Hansen Wheel & Wagon Shop in Letcher, S.D. (pop. 160).
first appeared: 12/10/2006
Wild Mustangs of the Badlands images   by Karen Karvonen
In 1988, Hyde bought an 11,000-acre ranch near Hot Springs, S.D. (pop. 4,129), to take in and release captured mustangs. He created the Black Hills Wild Horse Sanctuary to protect not just wild horses and the prairies, but also America’s equine heritage.
first appeared: 11/12/2006
My America images
The Stars & Stripes, our national parks and the next generation best exemplify America and the American spirit based on the hundreds of images entered in American Profile’s “My America” Photo Contest.
first appeared: 9/3/2006
Our National Monuments   by Michael Nolan
Celebrating a century of treasured landmarks
first appeared: 7/9/2006
The Big Bison Roundup   by Paul Higbee
Whooping and hollering, 45 horsemen and horsewomen drive 1,500 bison across the rugged terrain of South Dakota’s Black Hills.
first appeared: 9/19/2004
We Proceeded On   by Vicki Brown
ln May 1804, Capts. Meriwether Lewis and William Clark set off from winter camp near St. Louis with their party of men—dubbed the Corps of Discovery by President Thomas Jefferson—on an epic journey to the Pacific Ocean.
first appeared: 4/11/2004
The Barn Straightener   by Chuck Cecil
Ray Chamberlain's mission is to put old barns right with the world again.
first appeared: 9/2/2001
Carving Crazy Horse images   by Paul Higbee
That’s a lot of rock, yet only a tiny step toward completing the world’s largest sculpture: the image of Crazy Horse astride a horse, cut from Thunderhead Mountain in South Dakota’s Black Hills.
first appeared: 5/27/2001
Oldies But Goodies   by Paul Higbee
Zipping through Spearfish, S.D., streets in his brightly polished 1923 Model T, Les Schuchardt draws grins and waves. He responds with a toot of the car’s exhaust whistle.
first appeared: 10/8/2000

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