Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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In this 2001 segment of Dakota Life, we visit Rosholt, South Dakota—a community founded in 1913 as a railroad town to help farmers get grain to market. While modern agriculture relies on air-conditioned tractors and advanced combines, the annual Rosholt Threshing Bee Festival keeps old-time farming traditions alive.

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