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HISTORY SPRINGS ETERNAL IN THE BLACK HILLS

n Hot Springs, South Dakota, a town best known for—you guessed it—its hot springs, visitors can soak up history at the Fall River Pioneer Museum []. At the south end of the Black Hills, where geothermal energy is in no short supply, the museum relates the people and places of this storied region. Central to that history are the hot springs. As were the earliest inhabitants, present-day visitors are drawn to the restorative, relaxing waters. Present-day Evans

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