South Dakota State Library: Digital Collections

- Mammoth Oahe Dam Now Over 77 Per Cent Complete
- Dam construction -- South Dakota -- 1950-1960; Oahe Dam (S.D.); Siebert, John W., Jr.; Woodbury, Col. Harry G.; United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
- Full page of photos of the service gate hoist, power intake towers, outlet works intake towers, outlet works control structure, aerial view of progress on the Oahe Dam, powerhouse and surge tanks, and stilling basin. Oahe project data and article...
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- Digging for Redmen’s Relics
- Fossils -- South Dakota; Native American culture; Oahe Dam (S.D.); Archaeology -- South Dakota -- History
- Early Indian life is being studied in archaeological digs being done in the vicinity of the Oahe Dam, before the floodwaters cover the area.
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- Oahe Artifacts Date Back to 1300 A.D.
- Fossils -- South Dakota; Native American culture; Oahe Dam (S.D.); Archaeology -- South Dakota -- History; Sioux Nation -- History.
- Archaeologists and historians working with the Smithsonian Institution have completed 3 ½ months of excavating Indian villages just below thh Oahe Dam site. Initial reports indicate that these sites were used from 1300 A.D. to the middle and late...
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- Irrigation of S.D. Area Has Good Outlook
- Irrigation -- South Dakota; Geological Survey of South Dakota; Jones, J.R.; Oahe Dam (S.D.)
- A map of James River Valley shows favorable geological structure for irrigation.
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- S.D. Irrigation Association is Organized
- Irrigation projects -- South Dakota; Irrigation -- South Dakota; South Dakota Irrigation Association; Oahe Dam (S.D.)
- 150 irrigators and interested persons gathered to form the S.D. Irrigation Association.
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- The Daily Plainsman - August 6, 1968 - One full page
- Irrigation projects -- South Dakota; Oahe Dam (S.D.); Dam construction -- South Dakota -- 1940-1950; Dam construction -- South Dakota -- 1950-1960; Boe, Nils A. (Nils Andreas), 1913-1992; Berry, Ellis Yarnal, 1902-1999; McGovern, George S. (George...
- One full page of articles and photographs about the construction of the Oahe Dam. Article titles include: Oahe Project Milestones; Planning for Oahe Project been underway 20 years; Subdistrict formation was key step; Oahe authorization most...
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- They’re putting the plug in Oahe Dam Oahe’s job of closing Missouri nears success
- Missouri River; Foss, Joe, 1915-2003; Oahe Dam (S.D.); Siebert, John; Rockefeller, Winthrop, 1912-1973
- Closure ceremonies for the Oahe Dam held today (August 3, 1958). 12,000 people attending. Joe Foss, Governor of South Dakota and Winthrop Rockefeller, philanthropist of Little Rock, Arkansas featured speakers.
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- Oahe Authorization Most Important Event in State’s History: Mundt
- 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.
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- First Electricity From Pierre’s Oahe Dam Will Go to Work in Upper Midwest in ‘62
- Oahe Dam (S. D.); Hydroelectric power plants -- South Dakota; Missouri River Basin Project: Dams – South Dakota; Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program; Flood control -- South Dakota
- In the summer of ’62 the upper Midwest will receive the first electricity from the 85,0000 kilowatt generating unit of the Oahe Dam.
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- The Tunnels of Oahe
- Oahe Dam (S. D.); Pierre (S.D.); Dam construction -- South Dakota -- 1950-1960;
- A photo essay of the construction of the power tunnels of the Oahe Dam.
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- Everything About Pierre Oahe Dam is Big
- Oahe Dam (S.D.)
- Three (3) photographs of the construction of the Oahe Dam.
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- Open House Sunday at Oahe, World’s Second Largest Dam
- Oahe Dam (S.D.)
- 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...
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- Oahe Dam on Display Sunday
- Oahe Dam (S.D.)
- An “open house” was held on Sunday, October 21, 1956.
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- G-Men Arrive to Check Area for Kennedy Trip; Jet-Age White House Visits in Pierre as Reporter Tours President’s Craft
- Oahe Dam (S.D.); Air Force One (Presidential aircraft); Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963; Secret Service (U.S.)
- 2 articles from the Pierre Capital Journal - Oahe1962-08-07#1 is about the preparations made for President John F. Kennedy to attend the Oahe Dam dedication ceremonies. In Oahe1962-08-07#2, a journalist tours Air Force One.
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- Historians Race With Oahe Dam Progress To Record Story of Area
- Oahe Dam (S.D.); Archaeology -- South Dakota -- History; South Dakota -- History
- Archaeologists and historians are racing time to record the story of the area of South Dakota before flooding of the Oahe Dam covers this land in a few years.
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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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- Prices Offered For Oahe Housing Area Acceptable to General Services
- 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.
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- Oahe Measure Introduced in South Dakota Senate
- 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.
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- Oahe Engineers Observe Rare Earth Movement
- Oahe Dam (S.D.); Missouri River Basin Project (U.S.) Oahe Unit; Starbird, Alfred D. (Alfred Dodd), 1912-1983
- A large chunk of earth has been observed slipping along a natural fault line at the construction area of the Oahe Dam. An area engineer states that it may be the first time such an event has been watched and scientifically recorded.
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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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