Narratives about what it was like to be caught up in the strange and mysterious events of the adult world in World War II, as seen through the eyes of South Dakota children.

Articles: A Promise Broken: LeBeau and the Railroad by Don L. Hofsommer; The "Quickening Power" of Education: Women Students at South Dakota State University, 1885-1920 by Lisa R. Lindell; Education in South Dakota since World War II: A Statistical Portrait by John E. Miller; Historical Musings: The Comedy of the Commons; or, My Life on the Post-Colonial Plains by Thomas D. Isern. Dakota Images: Vera Way Marghab by Taya M. Dockter.

"The Bannisters is a historical novel of fiction based on fact, inspired by the author's great-aunt who lived in a big house in her hometown of Redfield. The house has been occupied since it was built more than a hundred years ago. It still stands, although it has undergone several alterations over the years. Barbara Oaks has tried to bring out, through her own experiences, the emotions of the people who are depicted in her story and of the times...

Articles: Gene Bauer, "On the Edge of Space: The Explorer Expeditions of 1934-35"; Lawrence H. Larsen, "United States Air Force Efforts to Investigate UFOs: Great Plains Encounters"; Ralph R. Tingley, "Brass Bands and Huzzahs: Politics at the Corn Palace, 1908"; Rolland Dewing, "South Dakota Newspaper Coverage of the 1973 Occupation of Wounded Knee". Dakota Resources: "The Haynes Photograph Collection at the Montana Historical Society" by Delores...

Articles: Watson Parker, "Some Black Hills Ghost Towns and Their Origins"; Earl Sampson, "The Quiet Spots"; Jane Conard, "Charles Collins: The Sioux City Promotion of the Black Hills"