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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- Analysis of Antelope Hunter Report Card Data, 1971
- Pittman-Robertson Project (S.D.); Antelopes -- South Dakota; Antelope hunting -- South Dakota; Pronghorns -- South Dakota; Pronghorn hunting -- South Dakota; Hunting -- South Dakota
- This report summarizes the 1971 pronghorn hunter report card data. No special field studies were made.
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- Analysis of Hunter Report Card Data, 1972
- Pittman-Robertson Project (S.D.); Antelopes -- South Dakota; Antelope hunting -- South Dakota; Pronghorns -- South Dakota; Pronghorn hunting -- South Dakota; Hunting -- South Dakota
- This report summarizes the 1972 pronghorn archery and firearms hunter report card data. No special field studies were conducted. An attempt was made to contact all hunters who failed to return their hunter report card. The hunting season is the...
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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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- 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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- 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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- Books Arrive in Pierre for Library for the Blind
- 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; MacKay, Mercedes B. (Mercedes Belle),...
- The State Library received talking books, tapes, and braille volumes from the Library of Congress to start a lending collection for services for the blind. The truck from Washington D.C. was four days late in arriving because of winter road...
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- Closure Of Oahe Dam To Be 1958 Highlight
- Oahe Dam (S.D.); Missouri River Basin Project (U.S.); Dams – South Dakota; Case, Francis H. (Francis Higbee), 1896-1962; Big Bend Dam (S.D.)
- The highlight of 1958 will be the closure of the Oahe Dam. Work will also get started on the intake structures at the power tunnels. The article also discusses the water use issues between power users and navigation interests.
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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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- Faulty Shale Changes Plans On Pierre Dam
- Oahe Dam (S.D.); Missouri River Basin Project (U.S.); Dams--South Dakota; United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.; Soils--South Dakota; Hayes, Thomas J., Colonel; Casagrand, Arthur; Harper, S.O.; Kramer, Hans, Brigadier General; Carlson, Roy;...
- To avoid encountering faulty Oacoma shale, the power tunnels will be straightened, shortened and dug to a greater depth. The intake control works will now be at the intake portal and the power house will be moved several hundred feet downstream.
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- Find Wood Over 25,000 Years Old In State
- Fossils -- South Dakota; Over, William H. (William Henry), 1866-1956;
- Wood dating back 25,000 – 30,000 years has been discovered in newly dug wells in eastern South Dakota. Samples indicate the wood came from trees buried by glaciers.
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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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- 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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- Greetings, Mr. President – Pierre and South Dakota Welcome You
- Oahe Dam (S.D.); Missouri River Basin Project; Dams – South Dakota; Reservoirs -- South Dakota; Pierre (S.D.); United States. Army. Corps of Engineers; Flood control--Law and legislation--United States; Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald),...
- This special edition of The Pierre State News contains three articles and photographs concerning President Kennedy’s visit to the Oahe Dam.
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- Growth of White Bass in South Dakota Waters, 1996
- White bass -- South Dakota.; Fish populations -- South Dakota.; Fish populations -- South Dakota -- Measurement.
- The objectives of this report are to 1) summarize statewide patterns in white bass growth in South Dakota waters, 2) relate the development of a standard "a" value to be used when back- calculating length at age fiom white bass scales (Becket al....
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- Growth of White Bass in South Dakota Waters, 1996
- White bass -- South Dakota.; Fish populations -- South Dakota.; Fish populations -- South Dakota -- Measurement.
- The objectives of this report are to 1) summarize statewide patterns in white bass growth in South Dakota waters, 2) relate the development of a standard "a" value to be used when back- calculating length at age fiom white bass scales (Becket al....
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- Highways aid development of Badlands
- Badlands South Dakota; Tourism -- South Dakota; Roads -- Design and construction -- South Dakota; Millard, B.H.
- The value of the Badlands of S.D., in tourism, will be greatly enhanced with the development of highways in the proposed national monument.
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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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- Librarians must be “interested”
- South Dakota State Library; Anderson, Herschel V. (Herschel Vincent); University of South Dakota. School of Medicine; Mountain Plains Library Association
- State Librarian H. Vincent Anderson discusses federal funding for the library, the need for a new library building, and the services provided by the State Library.
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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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