Bibliography of South Dakota history

Main article: History of South Dakota
January 17, 1891: Young Man Afraid of His Horses and his tepee at Pine Ridge
Herb Conn dangled from the faces on Mount Rushmore each fall to do maintenance work. Circa 1961 to 1972.

The following works deal with the cultural, political, economic, military, biographical and geologic history of pre-territorial South Dakota, the southern part of Dakota Territory and the State of South Dakota.