South Dakota State Library: Digital Collections

- ‘Eunik,’ World’s Largest Truck, To Get Test Run At Oahe Dam
- Oahe Dam (S.D.); Missouri River Basin Project (U.S.); Dams – South Dakota; United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.; Western Contracting Corporation, Sioux City (Ia.); Everist, Hubert H.; Collins, Carl (Rip); Sibert, John W.
- A giant earth mover, nicknamed “Eunik”, will be given test runs at the Oahe Dam. Eunik weighs 78 ½ tons and is rated to haul 80 cubic yards of earth.
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- 50th Anniversary – South Dakota Library Commission Conference for Trustees, Librarians and Friends of the Library
- South Dakota State Library Commission
- Brochure for the 50th Anniversary – South Dakota Library Commission Conference for Trustees, Librarians and Friends of the Library
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- Angler Use and Harvest Surveys on Brant Lake, Lake County, South Dakota May 1998 – August 2008
- Fishing surveys -- South Dakota -- Brant Lake -- Statistics.; Fishing -- South Dakota -- Brant Lake -- Statistics.; Fishing -- South Dakota -- Brant Lake -- Public opinion.; Fishing -- South Dakota -- Brant Lake.; Dingell-Johnson Project (S.D.)
- The objective of this 11-year creel survey was to document long-term trends in angling use, catch and harvest rates, and catch and harvest of walleyes and other species in this important fishery. By conducting summer and winter surveys, angler use...
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- Angler Use and Harvest Surveys on Deerfield Reservoir, South Dakota May – August 2010
- Fishing surveys -- South Dakota -- Deerfield Reservoir -- Statistics.; Fishing -- South Dakota -- Deerfield Reservoir -- Statistics.; Fishing -- South Dakota -- Deerfield Reservoir -- Public opinion.; Fish population -- South Dakota -- Deerfield...
- Angler use and harvest (creel) survey information from May 14th to August 12th, 2010 are included in this report. Creel information is used in combination with other fisheries data to make management decisions in the Black Hills. Angler harvest,...
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- Closure Of Oahe Dam To Be 1958 Highlight
- Oahe Dam (S.D.); Missouri River Basin Project (U.S.); Dams – South Dakota; Case, Francis H. (Francis Higbee), 1896-1962; Big Bend Dam (S.D.)
- The highlight of 1958 will be the closure of the Oahe Dam. Work will also get started on the intake structures at the power tunnels. The article also discusses the water use issues between power users and navigation interests.
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- Continued Planning for a New State Library Building
- South Dakota State Library; South Dakota State Library Commission; South Dakota. Supreme Court; MacKay, Mercedes B. (Mercedes Belle), 1904-1987; Kneip, Richard F. (Richard Francis), 1933-1987; Hanson, Charles S.; Feldaus, Gordon; Crow, Kenneth
- The 47th session of the South Dakota legislature allocated $40,000 for the planning of a State Library – Supreme Court complex.
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- Dam Closed, Giant Oahe Reservoir Begins Filling
- Oahe Dam (S.D.); Missouri River Basin Project; Dams – Missouri River; Rockefeller, Winthrop, 1912-1973; South Dakota. Governor (1955-1959: Foss); South Dakota. Governor (1943-1947: Sharpe); Hammond, Colonel D.G.; United States. Army. Corps of...
- 15,000 people attended a ceremony celebrating the dam closure. Speakers included Winthrop Rockefeller; Governor Joe Foss, and former Governor M. Q. Sharpe.
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- Famous South Dakota Lands Go Into Oahe Reservoir
- Oahe Dam (S.D.); Missouri River Basin Project; Dams – South Dakota; Philip, Scotty, 1858-1911; Wyman, Judge A. Lee; United States. Attorney (South Dakota); Flynn, Leo P.
- Condemnation proceedings have started against 5770 acres for the development of the Oahe Reservoir. Condemned lands include part of Scotty Philip’s buffalo pasture.
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- Find Wood Over 25,000 Years Old In State
- Fossils -- South Dakota; Over, William H. (William Henry), 1866-1956;
- Wood dating back 25,000 – 30,000 years has been discovered in newly dug wells in eastern South Dakota. Samples indicate the wood came from trees buried by glaciers.
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- First Electricity From Pierre’s Oahe Dam Will Go to Work in Upper Midwest in ‘62
- Oahe Dam (S. D.); Hydroelectric power plants -- South Dakota; Missouri River Basin Project: Dams – South Dakota; Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program; Flood control -- South Dakota
- In the summer of ’62 the upper Midwest will receive the first electricity from the 85,0000 kilowatt generating unit of the Oahe Dam.
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- Fort Sisseton, Like Fort Meade, Saw No Battles but Made History Anyway
- Fort Sisseton (S.D.); Fort Wadsworth (S.D.); Rose, Robert; Holland, Marvin; Clowney, Major John; Brown, Sam; United States. Work Projects Administration; South Dakota. Dept. of Game, Fish, and Parks
- The article describes the present Fort Sisseton State Park and also provides a history of the fort.
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- Governor Daugaard's primary care task force final report
- Primary health care -- South Dakota -- Evaluation; Primary health care -- South Dakota -- Statistics; Health planning -- South Dakota; Rural health services -- South Dakota.
- The Governor’s charge to the Task Force was to consider and make recommendations to ensure accessibility to primary care for all South Dakotans – with a particular emphasis on rural areas. For the purposes of this Task Force, primary care was...
- SD State Agencies II
- Greetings, Mr. President – Pierre and South Dakota Welcome You
- Oahe Dam (S.D.); Missouri River Basin Project; Dams – South Dakota; Reservoirs -- South Dakota; Pierre (S.D.); United States. Army. Corps of Engineers; Flood control--Law and legislation--United States; Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald),...
- This special edition of The Pierre State News contains three articles and photographs concerning President Kennedy’s visit to the Oahe Dam.
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- Inventory of Nesting Raptors in South Dakota
- Birds of prey -- South Dakota; Wildlife conservation -- South Dakota; Pittman-Robertson Project (S.D.)
- In the spring of 2011, an aerial survey was conducted in northwest South Dakota for nesting raptors. Species surveyed included: bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus), ferruginous hawk (Buteo regalis), great horned owl (Bubo virginianus), golden...
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- Jumbo Gets Face-Lifting
- Oahe Dam (S.D.); Missouri River Basin Project; Dams – South Dakota
- The mechanical mole used to dig tunnels in the construction of the Oahe Dam will be getting a complete renovation.
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- Jumbo’s Front End
- Oahe Dam (S.D.); Missouri River Basin Project; Dams – South Dakota
- The photo and caption describe the mechanical mole used to dig holes for the Oahe dam outlet tunnels.
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- Legislative manual, South Dakota 1903
- LRC. ; South Dakota – Registers.; South Dakota – Politics and government – Handbooks, manuals, etc.; South Dakota. Legislature – Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- The Legislative Manual, commonly known as the Blue Book, is a comprehensive reference source on state government that is published every two years according to South Dakota Codified Law. It contains information on elected state officials, judges,...
- SD State Agencies II
- Legislative Update – 1973 – Marvis Hogen
- Hogen, Marvis; South Dakota. Legislature; South Dakota State Library
- A legislative update by Rep. Hogen talking about the loss of federal funding for the State Library and the letter writing and call-in campaign for the State of South Dakota to replace those funds.
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- Library Expansion Planned for State of South Dakota
- South Dakota State Library; South Dakota Library Commission; MacKay, Mercedes B. (Mercedes Belle), 1904-1987; United States. Library Services and Construction Act; Libraries – South Dakota; Bookmobiles – South Dakota
- The article describes how the state hopes to establish the State Library as a central unit for classifying and cataloging books for South Dakota libraries. The State Library would also control a system of branch libraries which would use...
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- New Era of S.D. Progress starts today at Oahe Event: Pick – Case speak on Program at newest damsite
- Oahe Dam (S.D.); Dam construction -- South Dakota -- 1940-1950; Case, Francis H. (Francis Higbee), 1896-1962.; Pick, General Lewis A.; Prentiss, Col. L.W.; Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program;
- Groundbreaking ceremonies held at Oahe damsite, the largest construction job ever undertaken in South Dakota .
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