July 2025

CULTURE + ENTERTAINMENT

605 SPOTLIGHT

DINOSAUR

Since the 1930s, an 80-foot-long Brontosaurus has overlooked the Rapid City’s skyline on Dakota Hogback Ridge. Built in 1936 as part of a Depression -era initiative funded by the Works in Progress Initiative to provide jobs and create a local attraction near Mount Rushmore National Memorial , the project has become an iconic part of the Black Hills.

Written by Alana Snyder + Photos by John Snyder

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