South Dakota State Library; Anderson, Herschel V. (Herschel Vincent); University of South Dakota. School of Medicine; Mountain Plains Library Association
State Librarian H. Vincent Anderson discusses federal funding for the library, the need for a new library building, and the services provided by the State Library.
Oahe Reservoir (S.D.); Irrigation projects -- South Dakota; Udall, Stewart L.; McGovern, George S. (George Stanley), 1922- ; Garrison Diversion Project; United States. Department of the Interior
Initial approval of the proposed Oahe Irrigation Unit was given by the Secretary of the Interior, Stewart Udall.
Oahe Reservoir (S.D.); Karl E. (Karl Earl), 1900-1974; United States. Bureau of Reclamation; Irrigation projects -- South Dakota; Irrigation -- Research -- South Dakota
June, 1968 is the target date for presentation of a plan report on the proposed one-half million acre Oahe unit irrigation project to the United States Congress.
Irrigation projects -- South Dakota; Missouri River Basin Project (U.S.). Oahe Unit; United States. Bureau of Reclamation; Lewis, James
Oahe Conservancy Sub-district approved the master contract governing water usage and cost, maintenance and operational procedures and repayment guidelines.
Boe, Nils A. (Nils Andreas), 1913-1992; Irrigation projects -- South Dakota; Oahe Conservancy Sub-District (S.D.); South Dakota. Dept. of Game, Fish, and Parks; Holum, Kenneth; Hodgins, R.A.; Bushong, Clayton; Holscher, Fred
Federal officials prepared to review a portion of fish, wildlife and enhancement features of the proposed Oahe Irrigation Project.
Irrigation projects -- South Dakota; Irrigation -- Research -- South Dakota; Expenditures, Public -- South Dakota; United States. Army Corps of Engineers; Reifel, Ben, 1906-1990
The $4.1 billion public works appropriations bill sent to the House contains over $9 million for water development projects in South Dakota, including $450,000 for advance planning of the Oahe irrigation unit.
Irrigation projects -- South Dakota; Boe, Nils A. (Nils Andreas), 1913-1992; United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Subcommittee on Irrigation and Reclamation
Governor Nils Boe testifies in front of the Irrigation and Reclamation Subcommittee of the House Interior and Insular Affairs Committee in favor of the Oahe Irrigation Project.
Irrigation projects -- South Dakota; Irrigation -- South Dakota; McGovern, George S. (George Stanley), 1922-; United States. Bureau of Reclamation; United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs
Sen. George McGovern announced that the Senate Interior Committee unanimously approved the Oahe Irrigation Project for South Dakota. The bill now goes to the Senate floor for passage.
Oahe Conservancy Sub-District (S.D.); Irrigation -- South Dakota; Irrigation projects -- South Dakota; Brown County (S.D.); Spink County (S.D.) Holum, Kenneth; Holscher, Fred
A master contract was signed bringing irrigation to Brown and Spink Counties.
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.
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.
Fossils -- South Dakota; Native American culture; Oahe Dam (S.D.); Archaeology -- South Dakota -- History; Sioux Nation -- History.
Archaeologists and historians working with the Smithsonian Institution have completed 3 ½ months of excavating Indian villages just below thh Oahe Dam site. Initial reports indicate that these sites were used from 1300 A.D. to the middle and late...
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 .
Oahe Dam (S.D.); Missouri River Basin Project (U.S.) Oahe Unit; Starbird, Alfred D. (Alfred Dodd), 1912-1983
A large chunk of earth has been observed slipping along a natural fault line at the construction area of the Oahe Dam. An area engineer states that it may be the first time such an event has been watched and scientifically recorded.
Fort Meade (S.D.); Fort Meade VA Medical Center (Fort Meade, S.D.); United States. Army. Cavalry, 4th; United States. Army. Cavalry, 7th; United States. Army. Cavalry, 8th; Meade, George Gordon, 1815-1872; Tilford, J.G.; Carlton, Caleb Henry,...
This article tells the history of Fort Meade before its conversion into a veterans’ hospital. The custom of playing the “Star Spangled Banner” as a national anthem was started at Fort Meade.