The canon
Midwest — 41 dossiers on file
The heaviest files in South Dakota
41 dossiers. 6 sites. 26 open to visitors, a record reaching back to 1864. The South Dakota shelf, ranked — what witnesses filed on one side, what the paper supports on the other.
41
dossiers on file
26
open to visitors
1864
oldest dated · Fort Sisseton Historic State Park
Apparition
most-filed claim · 19 files
The 25 deepest files
Hotel associated with documented cultural history.
Built in 1892; preservation commission purchased it in 1992 and museum restoration followed in 2000.
The 1930 museum—where the town’s dead and artifacts are kept.
Tourism retells stories that an apparition identified as Seth Bullock assists guests and moves objects.
The 1878 cavalry post—where the "Star Spangled Banner" tradition began.
The rest of the shelf
Ranks 26–41 — shallower files, still on record, still sorted by depth.
Filed alongside
Record last amended October 2, 2026 · ranked with the archive