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The Sturgis Motorcycle Rally is a motorcycle rally held annually in Sturgis, South Dakota, and the surrounding Black Hills region of the United States. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It began in 1938 by a group of Indian Motorcycle riders and was originally held for stunts and races.
The Sturgis Motorcycle Rally was first held in 1938 in Sturgis, South Dakota, and was founded by Clarence “Pappy” Hoel, the owner of an Indian Motorcycle dealership. In its first year, the ...
The Sturgis Buffalo Chip Campground, located outside of Sturgis, SD, began in 1981 [6] [7] as a campground for bikers attending the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally. In the early years motorcyclists roughed it in tents in little more than a pasture, however over the years the Buffalo Chip Campground improved infrastructure by installing electricity, drilling wells, laying asphalt, and erecting flush ...
Sturgis is notable as the location of one of the largest annual motorcycle events in the world: the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, which lasts for 10 days beginning on the first Friday of August. It attracts large numbers of motorcycle enthusiasts from around the world. Sturgis is also noted for hosting WCW's Hog Wild/Road Wild events from 1996 to 1999.
Top US health officials, including Dr. Anthony Fauci, voiced concerns over the Sturgis rally, citing how COVID-19 cases spiked after the 2020 event.
Meade County, home to Sturgis, has had a more than 1,500 percent increase in cases in the past 14 days.
It has acted as a historical record for western South Dakota, covering major events like the 1972 Black Hills flood, the annual Buffalo Roundup and auction in Custer State Park, Crazy Horse Memorial's annual volksmarch, and the annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally. As of January 2022, Ben Rogers is the publisher and A.J. Etherington is the executive ...
A Minnesota man who rumbled into South Dakota last month with thousands of other bikers for the annual Sturgis motorcycle rally was reported dead Wednesday of COVID-19. The man, in his 60s with ...