South Dakota State Library: Digital Collections

- Soldiers And Early Settlers Built Union County Stockade For Protection From Indians
- Fort Brule (S.D.); Stoddard, K.B.; Gore, Mahlon; LaMour, Edward; Watson, Thomas; Fletcher, Julius; South Dakota -- History
- A Turner County pioneer has constructed a miniature model of Fort Brule. The article also provides a history of the fort.
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- Early South Dakota Fort
- Fort Brule (S.D.); United States. Army. Dakota Territory Cavalry; Iowa Infantry Volunteers, 6th Regiment (1861-1865); South Dakota -- History
- A red granite monument one-half mile west of Richland marks the location of Fort Brule.
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- Troops Located in Black Hills Six Decades Ago
- Fort Meade (S.D.); United States. Army. Cavalry, 4th; United States. Army. Cavalry, 8th; Rodgers, Robert C.; United States. Army. Cavalry, 4th. Black Horse Troop; South Dakota -- History
- The Fourth cavalry is now quartered at Fort Meade. The article also provides a short history of Fort Meade.
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- Historic Cavalry Buildings At Ft. Meade Disappearing
- Fort Meade (S.D.); Fort Meade VA Medical Center (Fort Meade, S.D.); United States. Army. Cavalry, 4th; Comanche (Horse); Coolidge, Calvin, 1872-1933; Norbeck, Peter, 1870-1936; Case, Francis H. (Francis Higbee), 1896-1962; Pick, Lewis A. (Lewis...
- Fort Meade is being transformed into a Veterans Administration neuropsychiatric hospital. The article also includes a history of Fort Meade.
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- A Very Real Danger
- Missouri River; Irrigation--South Dakota; Irrigation--Nebraska; Irrigation--Texas; Mundt, Karl E. (Karl Earl), 1900-1974; Farrar, Frank L. (Frank Leroy), 1929-;
- This editorial discusses the problems that would arise if Missouri River water would be diverted to irrigate states Nebraska to Texas.
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- Land Acquisition Funds For Oahe Project Expended
- Irrigation -- South Dakota; Irrigation projects -- South Dakota; Oahe Irrigation Project; Funkhouser, Preston; United States. Office of Management and Budget
- All land acquisition funds for the Oahe Irrigation project have been expended. Future land purchases will take place over the next three years as funds become available.
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- State Library Crowded Conditions
- South Dakota State Library; South Dakota State Library Commission
- Crowded conditions in the State Library Commission building force books to be stacked on the floor.
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- Positive Action Needed To Enable South Dakotans To Use Our Water
- Missouri River Basin Project (U.S.) Oahe Unit; Irrigation--South Dakota; Fort Randall Dam (S.D.); Niobrara River (Wyo. and Neb.); Irrigation--Nebraska; Irrigation--Kansas; Irrigation--Texas
- This editorial discusses the report of a consulting firm which proposed a plan to use Missouri River water to irrigate states south of South Dakota.
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- Oahe Construction Stage Nears
- Oahe Irrigation Project; Irrigation -- South Dakota; Irrigation projects -- South Dakota; Oahe Conservancy Subdistrict; United States. Bureau of Reclamation; Missouri River
- Oahe Irrigation Project will begin construction when Congress authorizes the funds.
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- Fort Sisseton Showing Signs of Old Age
- Fort Sisseton (S.D.); United States. Work Projects Administration.
- The buildings of Fort Sisseton are showing the effects of weathering, vandalism, and aging.
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- Funds Sought for ft. Sisseton Repair
- Fort Sisseton (S.D.); South Dakota. Dept. of Game, Fish, and Parks; National Horsemen Trail Riders
- The legislature will seek funds for restoring buildings at Fort Sisseton.
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- U.S. Park Service Renews Old Fort
- Fort Sisseton (S.D.); United States. Work Projects Administration; South Dakota. Dept. of Game, Fish, and Parks
- After gaining jurisdiction of Fort Sisseton, the state park board of South Dakota plans to use restored buildings for the aged and homeless men from Marshall and surrounding counties.
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- Elements Take Toll of Church Built by Soldiers of Indian War
- Fort Randall (S.D.); Randall, Daniel; Howard, Mickey; Manbeck, Jeff
- The article provides a short history of Fort Randall including the building of a church in 1872.
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- Preserved for Posterity
- Fort Randall (S.D.); United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
- The Corps of Engineers is working to preserve the Fort Randall chapel.
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- Razing of Old Fort Dakota Ended Military Era in City
- South Dakota -- History; Fort Dakota (S.D.); Sioux Falls (S.D.)
- 80 years ago the barracks of Fort Dakota were raized to make room for permanent housing. The destruction of those barracks removed the last reminder of the Indian Wars in Sioux Falls.
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- Tablet Will Mark Site of Fort Dakota
- Fort Dakota (S.D.); Daughters of the American Revolution. Mary Chilton Chapter
- A bronze plaque will be placed on the Hollywood theatre marking the site of the old Fort Dakota barracks.
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- Ask 190,000-Acre Irrigation Project In Oahe First Stage
- Irrigation -- South Dakota; Missouri River Basin Project (U.S.) Oahe Unit; Oahe Conservancy Sub-District (S.D.); United States. Bureau of Reclamation; Mundt, Karl E. (Karl Earl), 1900-1974; McGovern, George S. (George Stanley), 1922-; South Dakota....
- The directors of the Oahe Conservancy Subdistrict requested the development of 190,000 acres in the first stage of the Oahe Irrigation Project.
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- Tennessee Valley Authority Holds Waning to Missouri Basin States
- Missouri Basin Inter-agency Committee; Missouri River Basin Project (U.S.) Oahe Unit; Tennessee Valley Authority; Irrigation -- South Dakota
- This editorial compares the Tennessee Valley Authority with the Missouri Basin Commission and the involvement of the federal government with control of Missouri Basin development.
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- Let’s Accelerate Oahe Irrigation Unit
- Irrigation -- South Dakota; Missouri River Basin Project (U.S.) Oahe Unit; United States. Bureau of Reclamation
- This editorial supports the development of the Oahe Irrigation Unit.
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- Outline Most Likelly Irrigable Areas
- Oahe Dam (S.D.); United State. Bureau of Reclamation. Missouri River Region.; Irrigation -- South Dakota
- Outline of central South Dakota most likely irrigable areas.
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