South Dakota State Library: Digital Collections

- A “Spectacular Thing” Dollars May Roll If Jim Area Irrigates
- Irrigation -- South Dakota; James River Valley (N.D. and S.D.)
- An editorial showing positive effects if Missouri River Water flows into the James River Valley.
- South Dakota State Library Vertical Files
- Business, Politics had Part In Sam Brown’s Epic Gallop
- Fort Sisseton (S.D.); Brown, Samuel; Brown, Joseph Renshaw, 1805-1870; Dakota Indians--Wars, 1862-1865.
- The article provides details of Sam Brown’s ride to Fort Sisseton to warn of an Indian uprising that never happened.
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- Bet Led To Only White Casualty Inside Historic Fort Sisseton
- Fort Sisseton (S.D.); Crawford, Abe; Magenton, Ole; Clowney, Major John
- A history of Fort Sisseton including first person narratives.
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- Questions and Responses Regarding the Proposed Oahe Irrigation Project
- Irrigation -- South Dakota; Missouri River Basin Project (U.S.). Garrison Diversion Unit; Missouri River Basin Project (U.S.) Oahe Unit; James River (N.D. and S.D.); United States. Bureau of Reclamation
- Questions asked by people who will be affected by the irrigation project are answered by members of the College of Agriculture and Biological Sciences at South Dakota State University who are serving on an Oahe Task Force committee.
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- Antelope Restoration
- Antelopes -- South Dakota; Pronghorns -- South Dakota; Pittman-Robertson Project (S.D.)
- The Antelope Restoration Project has three objectives: 1. To restock those portions of Western South Dakota which historically were populated by antelope but which now have few or no antelope. 2. To restock the Antelope Reserve for...
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- The Incidence of and the Development of Field Techniques for Parasitological Examinations of the Antelope of South Dakota
- Pittman-Robertson Project (S.D.); Antelopes -- South Dakota; Pronghorns -- South Dakota; Pronghorns -- Parasites -- South Dakota; Antelopes -- Parasites -- South Dakota
- During the 1952 antelope season 43 antelope were examined in the field for parasites. Hemonchus contortus and Nematodirella sp. were the most common parasites observed. All of the adults were parasitized to some degree. None of the 15 kids were...
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- The 1951 Antelope Season in South Dakota
- Antelopes -- South Dakota; Pronghorns -- South Dakota; Pronghorn hunting -- South Dakota; Antelope hunting -- South Dakota
- About 3150 antelope were harvested by 3350 permit holders during the 9-day 1951 antelope season. This represents a success of about 94 percent. These figures are relatively accurate for about 87 percent of the permit holders reported upon their...
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- 1952 Antelope Restoration
- Antelopes -- South Dakota; Pronghorns -- South Dakota; Pittman-Robertson Project (S.D.)
- This is a job completion report, as require by the Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act. The focus of this report is South Dakota's antelope population.
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- The 1952 Antelope Season in South Dakota
- Antelopes -- South Dakota; Pronghorns -- South Dakota; Pronghorn hunting -- South Dakota; Pittman-Robertson Project (S.D.);
- During the 1952 antelope season in South Dakota 7646 antelope of all ages and both sexes were harvested by 8350 permittees for an average success of 91.6 percent. The hunters showed a definite preference for bucks.
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- The 1953 Antelope Season in South Dakota
- Pittman-Robertson Project (S.D.); Antelopes -- South Dakota; Pronghorns -- South Dakota; Pronghorn hunting -- South Dakota; Antelope hunting -- South Dakota
- During the 1953 antelope season in South Dakota 4746 antelope of all ages and both sexes were harvested by 5250 permittees. About 90.5 percent of the permittees were successful. Some hunters are unable to correctly age their antelope and others are...
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- 1954 Antelope Season in South Dakota
- Pittman-Robertson Project (S.D.); Antelopes -- South Dakota; Pronghorns -- South Dakota; Pronghorn hunting -- South Dakota; Antelope hunting -- South Dakota
- The state issued 5700 antelope hunting permits for the nine-day September 19 to 27 season in 1954. Those hunters harvested about 5200 antelope. About 91.2 percent of the permittees were successful. If all part days hunted are considered full days...
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- The Incidence and Parasitical Load of Gastro-Intestinal Parasites in South Dakota Antelope in the Fall of 1954
- Pittman-Robertson Project (S.D.); Antelopes -- South Dakota; Pronghorns -- South Dakota; Pronghorns -- Parasites -- South Dakota; Antelopes -- Parasites -- South Dakota
- An attempt was made to determine if the antelope of a predominantly sheep range carried more parasites than the antelope of a mixed cow-sheep range. If such differences exist they were not evident in the data collected. The lack of stomach worms...
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- The Spring Inventory of Antelope in South Dakota - 1958
- Antelopes -- South Dakota; Pronghorns -- South Dakota; Antelopes -- Counting -- South Dakota; Pronghorns -- Counting -- South Dakota; Pittman-Robertson Project (S.D.)
- An aerial spring antelope census was made in 1958 to ascertain the population and the buck:doe:kid ratio in eleven West-River counties in South Dakota. Data obtained from the census indicated an antelope population of 15,585, an 8% decrease from...
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