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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.
- South Dakota State Library Vertical Files
- S.D. Irrigation Association is Organized
- Irrigation projects -- South Dakota; Irrigation -- South Dakota; South Dakota Irrigation Association; Oahe Dam (S.D.)
- 150 irrigators and interested persons gathered to form the S.D. Irrigation Association.
- South Dakota State Library Vertical Files
- Special Plans for Irrigation Study in S.D. is Presented
- Mundt, Karl E. (Karl Earl), 1900-1974; United States. Bureau of Reclamation. Missouri River Region.; South Dakota State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts; Dexheimer, W.A.; Nelson, Chris; Bennet, Newcomb B., Jr.; Juhnke, Art; Devany, Phil;...
- A 5 year plan of study, investigation and experimentation on land in the Huron, Redfield, and Mitchell areas for special use irrigation was presented in the office of Senator Karl Mundt.
- South Dakota State Library Vertical Files
- Measure asks $1.3 Million for Library
- South Dakota State Library; South Dakota. Legislature. Appropriations.
- A bill appropriating $1,360,000 for a state library to be built on State Capitol grounds was filed.
- South Dakota State Library Vertical Files
- House Committee Okays First Stage Of Oahe Project
- Irrigation -- South Dakota; Missouri River Basin Project (U.S.) Oahe Unit; Berry, Ellis Yarnal, 1902-1999; Udall, Morris K.; Saylor, John P.; Reifel, Ben, 1906-1990
- A bill authorizing construction of the first stage of the Oahe Irrigation Project was approved after an amendment was adopted concerning the state’s ban on nonresident waterfowl hunters.
- South Dakota State Library Vertical Files
- Bill provides funds for new State Library
- South Dakota State Library; South Dakota. Legislature. Appropriations.
- A bill filed in the House would appropriate $348,496 to start construction of a new State Library Building in Pierre.
- South Dakota State Library Vertical Files
- Delegation on Oahe is Announced
- Irrigation projects -- South Dakota; Irrigation -- South Dakota; Boe, Nils A. (Nils Andreas), 1913-1992; Briggs, Hilton Marshall, 1913-2001 ;Holscher, Fred; Johnson, Walter; Sperry, James; Sewell, S. E.; Sharp, Gary; Maher, L. J.; Engelhorn, Homer;...
- A delegation of 15 South Dakotans are headed to Washington to testify in support of authorization of the Oahe Irrigation project.
- South Dakota State Library Vertical Files
- ‘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.
- South Dakota State Library Vertical Files
- Oahe Engineers Observe Rare Earth Movement
- 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.
- South Dakota State Library Vertical Files
- Irrigation of S.D. Area Has Good Outlook
- Irrigation -- South Dakota; Geological Survey of South Dakota; Jones, J.R.; Oahe Dam (S.D.)
- A map of James River Valley shows favorable geological structure for irrigation.
- South Dakota State Library Vertical Files
- Oahe Conservancy Sub-Dist. Signs Master Contract
- 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.
- South Dakota State Library Vertical Files
- Oahe Measure Introduced in South Dakota Senate
- Oahe Dam (S.D.); Irrigation -- South Dakota; Roesler, Sen. A.D.; South Dakota. Natural Resources Commission; South Dakota. Legislature. Legislative Research Council; Houck, Sen. L.R.; Ferguson, Sen. Frank
- A measure was introduced into the South Dakota Senate to halt the Oahe-James irrigation unit appropriations until studies of feasibility and desirability are completed.
- South Dakota State Library Vertical Files
- Oahe Irrigation Plan Feasible, Bureau Reports
- Irrigation -- South Dakota; Missouri River Basin Project (U.S.) Oahe Unit; United States. Bureau of Reclamation; Palmer, William; Johnson, Bruce; Cheney, George
- A preliminary report draft lists the Oahe irrigation program as economically feasible for irrigating eastern South Dakota counties.
- South Dakota State Library Vertical Files
- Irrigation Opposed By S.D. Farmers
- Irrigation -- South Dakota; Irrigation projects -- South Dakota; Freidman, Phillip; South Dakota. Water Resources Commission; Woodward, William; Dooley, James; Flowers Grant; Kahre, Ed; Houck, Cecil; McFarling, C.A.; Grimes, Joe
- A Wolsey, SD landowner appeared before the State Water Resources Commission and urged that irrigation with water from wells be halted because it is endangering the state’s domestic water supply.
- South Dakota State Library Vertical Files
- Oahe Dam on Display Sunday
- Oahe Dam (S.D.)
- An “open house” was held on Sunday, October 21, 1956.
- South Dakota State Library Vertical Files
- Oahe Artifacts Date Back to 1300 A.D.
- 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...
- South Dakota State Library Vertical Files
- Oahe Dam Closure Will Be Big Engineering Task
- Oahe Dam (S.D.), Dam construction -- South Dakota -- 1950-1960, Missouri River., Hammond, Col. David G.,
- Col. David G. Hammond speaks to the Pierre Lions Club about Oahe Dam closure.
- South Dakota State Library Vertical Files
- Digging for Redmen’s Relics
- Fossils -- South Dakota; Native American culture; Oahe Dam (S.D.); Archaeology -- South Dakota -- History
- Early Indian life is being studied in archaeological digs being done in the vicinity of the Oahe Dam, before the floodwaters cover the area.
- South Dakota State Library Vertical Files
- Oahe Irrigation Project Features To Be Reviewed
- 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.
- South Dakota State Library Vertical Files
- Ft. Sisseton to Be Military Post
- Fort Sisseton (S.D.); South Dakota. Governor (1943-1947: Sharpe); United States. Army; Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945
- Fort Sisseton was leased to the U.S. Army. The adjoining acres will be used as a gunnery range. Governor Sharpe also expected to sign an authorization for the relocation of American-Japanese in South Dakota.
- South Dakota State Library Vertical Files