Paul HigbeePaul Higbee is a longtime contributor to South Dakota Magazine. He holds degrees from the University of Notre Dame and Black Hills State University, where he serves on the advisory board for the Leland D. Case Library for Western Historical Studies. ith over forty years in public education, he is part of the United States Department of Education Teaching American History program and has worked as a writer-in-residence for the South Dakota Arts Council. Higbee served as the lead writer for Dakota Pathways, South Dakota Public Broadcasting's Emmy Award-winning history television show for children and is the 2001 recipient of a Governor's Award for History. The author of several books on the history of the state, Higbee currently resides in the Black Hills with his wife. Read More Read Less