historical books by author Peggy Sanders
New Book Available June 2, 2008

With over 200 historical images gathered mostly from private collections, Peggy Sanders documents the dramatic changes in industries and the lives of everyday people in the second Fall River County, South Dakota book, Fall River County and Hot Springs: 125 Years.

Sanders is the originator and past chairman of the Focus on Fall River County History Conference, held annually in Hot Springs the second Saturday in January. Peggy serves on the Board of Directors of the Pioneer Museum in Hot Springs, SD.

Peggy is the author of four previous Images of America books including The Civilian Conservation Corps In and Around the Black Hills, Custer County (South Dakota) , Wind Cave National Park: The First 100 Years, and Fall River County and Hot Springs: Views from the Past 1881-1955 .

Her great-grandparents Ira and Hattie Tillotson homesteaded near Cascade, Dakota Territory, in 1881. Since then, six generations of Tillotson descendents have lived and worked in Fall River County.

Historical writer and research specialist Hot Springs, South Dakota
going green
Going Green?

Heck, here's the proof we've been 'green' all our lives!

calf in the kitchen picture
My 'little ones'!

A rancher's wife sometimes has "little ones" in the kitchen during spring calving season snowstorms!

Peggy Sanders ranch picture
A rancher's wife has to have a great sense of humor and every day is an adventure...especially when she's wielding a brush with green and red paint!
South Dakota sunset
Why life is good on the ranch! The view, taken from Peggy's yard, is of the Needles and Harney Peak-at 7,242 feet is the highest point east of the Rocky Mountains and west of the Pyrenees. And nothing beats a South Dakota sunset.
sunset picture with United States flag
Sunset and Old Glory

Every evening we give thanks for where we are, who we are and what we do...