South Dakota State Library: Digital Collections

- 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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- 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.
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- G-Men Arrive to Check Area for Kennedy Trip; Jet-Age White House Visits in Pierre as Reporter Tours President’s Craft
- Oahe Dam (S.D.); Air Force One (Presidential aircraft); Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963; Secret Service (U.S.)
- 2 articles from the Pierre Capital Journal - Oahe1962-08-07#1 is about the preparations made for President John F. Kennedy to attend the Oahe Dam dedication ceremonies. In Oahe1962-08-07#2, a journalist tours Air Force One.
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- Oahe Missouri River Dam Ground Breaking Ceremony
- Oahe Dam (S.D.); Missouri River Basin Project (U.S.); Dams – South Dakota; United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
- A brochure describing the Oahe Dam project with a map showing highways to the place of celebration.
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- ‘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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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- The Tunnels of Oahe
- Oahe Dam (S. D.); Pierre (S.D.); Dam construction -- South Dakota -- 1950-1960;
- A photo essay of the construction of the power tunnels of the Oahe Dam.
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- Engineers Begin Oahe Tunnel
- Oahe Dam (S.D.); Missouri River Basin Project (U.S.); Melsha, Joe
- A tunnel will be built to determine the condition of the shale beds as part of the preconstruction activities on the Oahe dam.
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- Unearth skeletons at Big Bend
- Big Bend Dam (S.D.); Native American culture; Burial -- South Dakota; Smithsonian Institution; Gant, Robert D.;
- A Western Contractor uncovered six skeletons. Archaeologists from South Dakota State University and the Smithsonian Institute were called in to study the find.
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- Oahe Dam on Display Sunday
- Oahe Dam (S.D.)
- An “open house” was held on Sunday, October 21, 1956.
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- Earth is Rebounding at Oahe Dam
- Oahe Dam (S.D.), Missouri River., Stilling basins., Hayes, Col. Thomas H.
- An explanation of the geological phenomenon taking place in the stilling basin at the Oahe Dam
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- Historians Race With Oahe Dam Progress To Record Story of Area
- Oahe Dam (S.D.); Archaeology -- South Dakota -- History; South Dakota -- History
- Archaeologists and historians are racing time to record the story of the area of South Dakota before flooding of the Oahe Dam covers this land in a few years.
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- 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...
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- Prices Offered For Oahe Housing Area Acceptable to General Services
- Oahe Dam (S.D.); Housing -- South Dakota; Pierre (S.D.); General Services Administration
- Bids by all 50 bidders on houses and 44 vacant lots were accepted by GSA (General Services Administration) for the Oahe housing area in northwest Pierre.
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- South Dakota conservation digest, November-December 2012
- Wildlife conservation -- South Dakota -- Periodicals; Conservation of natural resources -- South Dakota -- Periodicals
- Bimonthly publication, plus one special edition, by the South Dakota Department of Game, Fish and Parks.
- SD State Agencies
- South Dakota conservation digest, July-August 2012
- Wildlife conservation -- South Dakota -- Periodicals; Conservation of natural resources -- South Dakota -- Periodicals
- Bimonthly publication, plus one special edition, by the South Dakota Department of Game, Fish and Parks.
- SD State Agencies
- South Dakota conservation digest, July-August 2011
- Wildlife conservation -- South Dakota -- Periodicals; Conservation of natural resources -- South Dakota -- Periodicals
- Bimonthly publication, plus one special edition, by the South Dakota Department of Game, Fish and Parks.
- SD State Agencies
- South Dakota conservation digest, March-April 2012
- Wildlife conservation -- South Dakota -- Periodicals; Conservation of natural resources -- South Dakota -- Periodicals
- Bimonthly publication, plus one special edition, by the South Dakota Department of Game, Fish and Parks.
- SD State Agencies