Mr. Wiese and Mr. Hayes are noted collectors of South Dakota memorabilia. Mr. Wiese is the former president of the Aberdeen Chamber of Commerce and is a current Brown County Commissioner. Mr. Hayes is a lifelong resident of Aberdeen, President of the South Dakota Coin and Stamp Association, and an amateur historian of the Dakota Territory and early South Dakota. The pair's other book, Aberdeen in Vintage Postcards, was published by Arcadia in 2003.