South Dakota State Library: Digital Collections

- ‘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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- 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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- From the Past: State Archeologist has a trio of jobs
- Sigstad, John; W.H. Over Museum; University of South Dakota; South Dakota. State Archaeological Commission
- An article describing the job John Sigstad as the State Archeologist.
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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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- Banker’s Vision Opened Badlands to Visitors
- Millard, B.H.; Norbeck, Peter, 1870-1936; Badlands South Dakota;
- B. H. Millard, a bank examiner, became fascinated with the Badlands in 1927 and made it his life’s dream to have the area developed into a National Park.
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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.
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- South Dakota conservation digest, January-February 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.
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- 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.
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- South Dakota conservation digest, May-June 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.
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- Antelope Harvest Regulations Study, 1973
- Antelopes -- South Dakota; Antelope hunting -- South Dakota; Pronghorn hunting -- South Dakota; Pronghorns -- South Dakota; Hunting -- South Dakota; Pittman-Robertson Project (S.D.)
- Data gathered throughout 1973 under Pittman-Robertson Project W-95-R-7 Job No. 2-E and W-95-R-8 for Study VIII, Jobs 1 and 2 are summarized in this report. It is estimated that prior to 1800 over 700,00 pronghorns ranged the prairies of South...
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- Oahe unit would create ‘island of excellence,’ SDSU president says
- Missouri River Basin Project (U.S.) Oahe Unit; Irrigation--South Dakota; South Dakota State University. Water Resources Institute; South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station; South Dakota State University. Cooperative Extension Service; Briggs,...
- Dr. H.M. Briggs testified before members of the U.S. Senate on behalf of the Oahe Irrigation Project. Dr. Briggs stated that the irrigation unit would generate additional employment and stabilize the economy.
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- Oahe Unit Would Create ‘Island of Excellence,’ SDSU President Says
- Irrigation -- South Dakota; Irrigation projects -- South Dakota; Briggs, Hilton Marshall, 1913-2001; Missouri River Basin Project (U.S.); South Dakota State University. Water Resources Institute; South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station; South...
- Dr. H.M. Briggs testified before members of the U.S. Senate on behalf of the Oahe Irrigation Project. Dr. Briggs stated that the irrigation unit would generate additional employment and stabilize the economy.
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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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- Lincoln County Gravel Pits Yield Fossils from Pre-Glacial Animals
- Over, William H. (William Henry), 1866-1956; Lincoln County (S.D.); Fossils -- Collection and preservation -- South Dakota
- Gravel pits in Lincoln County SD, opened up by WPA projects, are yielding fossil remains of pre-glacial animals.
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- New Era of S.D. Progress starts today at Oahe Event: Pick – Case speak on Program at newest damsite
- 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 .
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- Badlands made U. S. Monument: 229,000 acres to be under Control of National Park Service
- Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945.; Case, Francis H. (Francis Higbee), 1896-1962; Badlands National Park (S.D.); Badlands South Dakota; Freeland, E.D.
- President Franklin Roosevelt issued a proclamation establishing the Badlands National Monument in western South Dakota.
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- Statewide fisheries surveys, management plans region II, South Dakota annual report
- Dingell-Johnson Project (S.D.); Fishery management -- South Dakota -- Periodicals; Fisheries -- South Dakota -- Periodicals; Fish stocking -- South Dakota -- Periodicals
- Report containing five-year fisheries management plans for waters in South Dakota Management Region II during the period of January 2011 through December 2017.
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- Future of the Missouri Valley, Extension of Remarks of Hon. Francis Case of South Dakota in the House of Representatives
- Missouri River; Missouri River Basin Project (U.S.); South Dakota. Governor (1943-1947: Sharpe); Case, Francis H. (Francis Higbee), 1896-1962
- Representative Francis Case presented the statement of Governor M.Q. Sharpe concerning the future of the Missouri Valley from the American Planning and Civic Association Citizens Conference on Planning.
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- Mundt Introduces Bill to Stop Water Diversion
- 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.
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- Library Facility For Blind, Handicapped Dedicated Here
- South Dakota State Library; South Dakota State Library Commission; Braille & Talking Book Library (South Dakota State Library); People with visual disabilities--Services for--South Dakota; Library of Congress; South Dakota. Governor (1969-1971 :...
- South Dakota’s regional library of reading material for the blind and physically handicapped was dedicated on January 28, 1969. The library has received more than 2000 books in braille and on recorded discs and tape from the Library of Congress....
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