In this episode, Ben Jones speaks with University of South Dakota Law Professor Tom Simmons to see what happened when angry investor Peter Wintermute and Acting Territorial Governor Edwin McCook have a shootout and brawl in the midst of a Yankton public meeting.

Jon Schaff joins the 605 Podcast to discuss how movies and TV shows represent South Dakota.

Paul Horsted joins the 605 Podcast to talk about the US Army's 1874 Black Hills Expedition and explain how the forest, roads, and buildings all mark historical change

Bill Hoskins joins the 605 Podcast to discuss the history of Minnehaha County and the Sioux Falls community.

Chuck Chalberg joins the 605 Podcast to discuss Theodore Roosevelt.

Jeanne and David Heidler join the 605 Podcast to talk about their book, "Washington's Circle: The Creation of the President."

Historian David Wolff joins the 605 Podcast to discuss the Deadwood fires of 1879, 1889, 1894, and 1987 and how the responses to these fires made modern city.

Nancy Koupal joins the 605 Podcast to talk about her book Pioneer Girl: The Path Into Fiction .

David C. Posthumus joins the 605 Podcast to talk about his book Lakhota: An Indigenous History

Daniel Burge joins the 605 Podcast to talk about his book, "A Failed Vision of Empire: The Collapse of Manifest Destiny, 1845-1872."