South Dakota History, Volume 56, Number 2

In the Summer 2026 issue, Cindy Wilson examines how time, memory, artistic license, and personal philosophy influenced Laura Ingalls Wilder's unfavorable depiction of the railroad company's efforts to clear the tracks of snow in her classic novel The Long Winter , and what the historical record reveals on the subject; In the next installment of the America 250-themed series of "Curator's Corner" articles, state museum registrar Corey Christianson delves into the moon rocks collected during the Apollo 11 and Apollo 17 lunar missions; Pioneer Girl Project director Nancy Tystad Koupal pens a heartfelt tribute to the late Noel L. Silverman, longtime legal counsel of the Little House Heritage Trust.