Full page article with photos of the intake structures, the outlet works (stilling basin), the east embankment and the completion of the mining of tunnel number two. Paper very fragile, not able to scan. Available for viewing or copy at the South...
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.
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.
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.
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.
Missouri River; Irrigation -- South Dakota; Irrigation -- Texas; Karl E. (Karl Earl), 1900-1974; Kyl, John H. (John Henry), 1919-2002; Beck (R.W.) and Associates; Fort Randall Dam (S.D.)
Sen. Karl Mundt has proposed a bill calling for a study of the long term water needs of the Missouri Basin. This bill is a reaction to a plan to divert Missouri River water to irrigate land in Texas.
Mundt, Karl E., Sen. (Karl Earl), 1900-1974; Irrigation -- South Dakota; Oahe Dam (S.D.); Missouri River Watershed; Pick, General Lewis A.; Sloan, Glen; Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program
Comments by Sen. Karl Mundt on the importance of the authorization of the Oahe Irrigation Unit of the Missouri River Basin Development Plan.
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.
Oahe Dam (S.D.); Reservoirs South Dakota; Missouri River Basin Project (U.S.); United States. National Park Service; United States. Department of the Interior; Smithsonian Institution
The National Park Service, Department of Interior, and the Smithsonian Institute have recommended preserving inundated landmarks.