South Dakota State Library: Digital Collections

- 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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- 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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- Oahe Irrigation Project Prospects To Be Discussed At Meetings Here
- Irrigation projects -- South Dakota; Irrigation -- South Dakota; Missouri River Basin Project; Holum, Kenneth; ; McGovern, George S. (George Stanley), 1922- ; South Dakota Reclamation and Water Development Association; South Dakota Irrigators...
- A two day meeting held to discuss the Oahe Irrigation project. Senator George McGovern and Kenneth Holum, Assistant Secretary of Interior for Power and Water, to speak.
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- Land Acquisition Funds For Oahe Project Expended
- Irrigation -- South Dakota; Irrigation projects -- South Dakota; Oahe Irrigation Project; Funkhouser, Preston; United States. Office of Management and Budget
- All land acquisition funds for the Oahe Irrigation project have been expended. Future land purchases will take place over the next three years as funds become available.
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- State Library Crowded Conditions
- South Dakota State Library; South Dakota State Library Commission
- Crowded conditions in the State Library Commission building force books to be stacked on the floor.
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- Positive Action Needed To Enable South Dakotans To Use Our Water
- Missouri River Basin Project (U.S.) Oahe Unit; Irrigation--South Dakota; Fort Randall Dam (S.D.); Niobrara River (Wyo. and Neb.); Irrigation--Nebraska; Irrigation--Kansas; Irrigation--Texas
- This editorial discusses the report of a consulting firm which proposed a plan to use Missouri River water to irrigate states south of South Dakota.
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- Oahe Construction Stage Nears
- Oahe Irrigation Project; Irrigation -- South Dakota; Irrigation projects -- South Dakota; Oahe Conservancy Subdistrict; United States. Bureau of Reclamation; Missouri River
- Oahe Irrigation Project will begin construction when Congress authorizes the funds.
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- Ask 190,000-Acre Irrigation Project In Oahe First Stage
- Irrigation -- South Dakota; Missouri River Basin Project (U.S.) Oahe Unit; Oahe Conservancy Sub-District (S.D.); United States. Bureau of Reclamation; Mundt, Karl E. (Karl Earl), 1900-1974; McGovern, George S. (George Stanley), 1922-; South Dakota....
- The directors of the Oahe Conservancy Subdistrict requested the development of 190,000 acres in the first stage of the Oahe Irrigation Project.
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- Tennessee Valley Authority Holds Waning to Missouri Basin States
- Missouri Basin Inter-agency Committee; Missouri River Basin Project (U.S.) Oahe Unit; Tennessee Valley Authority; Irrigation -- South Dakota
- This editorial compares the Tennessee Valley Authority with the Missouri Basin Commission and the involvement of the federal government with control of Missouri Basin development.
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- Let’s Accelerate Oahe Irrigation Unit
- Irrigation -- South Dakota; Missouri River Basin Project (U.S.) Oahe Unit; United States. Bureau of Reclamation
- This editorial supports the development of the Oahe Irrigation Unit.
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- Pierre Shale At Oahe Must Be Protected Against Drying
- Oahe Dam (S.D.); Missouri River Basin Project: Dams – South Dakota
- During the construction of the Oahe Dam, an air conditioning system protects the Pierre shale from drying out.
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- Library Expansion Planned for State of South Dakota
- South Dakota State Library; South Dakota Library Commission; MacKay, Mercedes B. (Mercedes Belle), 1904-1987; United States. Library Services and Construction Act; Libraries – South Dakota; Bookmobiles – South Dakota
- The article describes how the state hopes to establish the State Library as a central unit for classifying and cataloging books for South Dakota libraries. The State Library would also control a system of branch libraries which would use...
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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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- Cutbacks to State Library may halt services in CSD
- South Dakota State Library; South Dakota. Legislature, Expenditures, Public -- South Dakota
- Loss of federal funding due to President Nixon’s cutbacks threaten library services in Central South Dakota.
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