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National Treasure coming on DVD “National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets”, some of which was filmed right here in the Black Hills of South Dakota, will be released on DVD May 20, according to Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment. The cast and crew spent quite a bit of time in the Black Hills last year. They reportedly liked the area so much that they added new scenes to the film to take advantage of the great visual backdrops.
A big homecoming for Sue, the T. rex Normally, the Field Museum of Chicago brings its “A T. rex Named Sue,” traveling exhibit – with a 42-foot plaster replica of the most complete Tyrannosaurus rex fossil ever found -- only to large-city venues. But Faith, S.D., can claim something no other city can. It’s Sue’s hometown. Just 13 miles north of town, Sue was unearthed by a team from Hill City, S.D.,-based Black Hills Institute of Geological Research back in 1990. The Field Museum later acquired the fossil for $8.4 million and put her on display in Chicago. The Field Museum's traveling Sue exhibit opens in Faith on Saturday, May 10, and runs through Sept. 1, said Ron Frame, head of the Faith Chamber of Commerce.
Adams Museum Gets National Ink The Adams Museum & House in Deadwood got a nice bit of ink the other day. True West Magazine named it one of the top 10 best Western history museums for 2008. We here in the Hills already knew that, but it's nice to hear a national magazine agrees with us.
Five Faces of Rushmore? Not Likely I was contacted by a newspaper editor in California recently. He asked whether the National Park Service has any serious plans for adding President Ronald Reagan to Mount Rushmore National Memorial. For years, the idea has been kicked around that another president should join George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln on the granite face of Mount Rushmore. In fact, there's been a running joke since the Carter administration: "Why won't they put (insert current president's name here) on Mount Rushmore? Because there's not enough rock for two more faces."
Archaeology Summer Camp in Deadwood Gives Kids Indiana Jones Experience
All right, admit it: at some point in your life, you wanted to be an archaeologist. You were probably 11 and had just seen Indiana Jones for the first time. Then again, maybe you were 35 and had just seen Indiana Jones. It doesn't matter. Since the days of Heinrich Schliemann, Arthur Evans and Howard Carter, archeology has been a dream job for most people - somewhere between astronaut and fireman. Deadwood's Adams Museum knows that, so they've teamed up with the Deadwood Historic Preservation Commission to organize an archeology camp for 20 children for one week in Deadwood this summer, from June 23 through June 27. Alas, the camp is only open to kids ages nine through twelve (between the third and seventh grades), so if you're just a kid at heart, you'll have to settle for sending your children and experiencing it vicariously. Either that or do a lot of shrinking.
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