South Dakota State Library: Digital Collections

- 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.
- SD State Agencies
- 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.
- SD State Agencies
- 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.
- South Dakota State Library Vertical Files
- 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.
- South Dakota State Library Vertical Files
- 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.
- South Dakota State Library Vertical Files
- Annual fish population and angler use, harvest, and preference surveys on Lake Oahe, South Dakota, 2011
- Fishing surveys -- Oahe, Lake (S.D. and N.D.) -- Statistics -- Periodicals; Fishing -- Oahe, Lake (S.D. and N.D.) -- Statistics -- Periodicals; Fish populations -- Oahe, Lake (S.D. and N.D.) -- Statistics -- Periodicals
- This report includes data collected from annual fish population surveys and angler use and harvest surveys collected during 2011 on Lake Oahe, South Dakota. Dingell-Johnson Project F-21-R-44
- SD State Agencies
- Tatanka: the 2013 guide to Custer State Park
- Custer State Park (S.D.); Parks -- South Dakota -- Custer
- The Tatanka is published by the S.D. Department of Game, Fish and Parks. It is a guide to Custer State Park.
- SD State Agencies
- South Dakota 2013 highway safety plan
- Traffic safety -- South Dakota
- This is an annual traffic safety report for South Dakota for the year 2013.
- SD State Agencies
- 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.
- South Dakota State Library Vertical Files
- Skull of 20-foot dinosaur found in western SD
- Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia; Cadwaldaer, Charles M. B.; Pemerton, Dr. Ralph; Poultney, E. Curzon; Colbert, Edwin H. (Edwin Harris), 1905-2001; Camp Crook (S.D.); Torosaurus
- The skull of a torosaurus was found near Camp Crook, S.D. The announcement was made by the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.
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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.
- South Dakota State Library Vertical Files
- 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.
- South Dakota State Library Vertical Files
- 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.
- South Dakota State Library Vertical Files
- 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.
- South Dakota State Library Vertical Files
- 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 .
- South Dakota State Library Vertical Files
- 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.
- South Dakota State Library Vertical Files
- 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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- 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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- 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.
- South Dakota State Library Vertical Files