Clip | 2m 38s
From the early 1920s through the 1980s, trucks and trains hauled livestock in and out of the Sioux Falls Stockyards 24/7.
Aired: 03/01/18
Video has closed captioning.
Sioux Falls Stockyards - The Long Heydey
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