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- Razing of Old Fort Dakota Ended Military Era in City
- South Dakota -- History; Fort Dakota (S.D.); Sioux Falls (S.D.)
- 80 years ago the barracks of Fort Dakota were raized to make room for permanent housing. The destruction of those barracks removed the last reminder of the Indian Wars in Sioux Falls.
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- Early South Dakota Fort
- Fort Brule (S.D.); United States. Army. Dakota Territory Cavalry; Iowa Infantry Volunteers, 6th Regiment (1861-1865); South Dakota -- History
- A red granite monument one-half mile west of Richland marks the location of Fort Brule.
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- Soldiers And Early Settlers Built Union County Stockade For Protection From Indians
- Fort Brule (S.D.); Stoddard, K.B.; Gore, Mahlon; LaMour, Edward; Watson, Thomas; Fletcher, Julius; South Dakota -- History
- A Turner County pioneer has constructed a miniature model of Fort Brule. The article also provides a history of the fort.
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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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- 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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- 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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- 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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- Fort Sisseton Centennial in July
- Fort Sisseton (S.D.); South Dakota -- History
- The article announces the July 24, 1964 centennial celebration of Fort Sisseton and provides a short history of the fort.
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- 80-Car Caravan Follows Historic Frontier Trail in Badlands Area
- Badlands South Dakota; Tourism -- South Dakota; South Dakota -- History; Vanishing Trails expeditions (S.D.)
- The first annual Vanishing Trails Expedition rolled out from Wall from the Badlands-rim to Harney Spring, south of Scenic.
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- Troops Located in Black Hills Six Decades Ago
- Fort Meade (S.D.); United States. Army. Cavalry, 4th; United States. Army. Cavalry, 8th; Rodgers, Robert C.; United States. Army. Cavalry, 4th. Black Horse Troop; South Dakota -- History
- The Fourth cavalry is now quartered at Fort Meade. The article also provides a short history of Fort Meade.
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- Military History Alive At New Meade Museum
- Fort Meade (S.D.); Fort Meade VA Medical Center (Fort Meade, S.D.); Reno, Marcus A. (Marcus Albert), 1835-1889; United States. Army. Cavalry, 7th; McAdow, W.B.; Williams, R.B.; Hackett, Ralph; Piehl, Art; Soelzer, Helen; South Dakota -- History
- The Old Fort Meade Museum has opened on the grounds of the Fort Meade Veterans Administration. Articles of old cavalry days on display include uniforms, maps, a printing press, and military documents.
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- Auto Caravan Invades Old Badlands Indian Bastion
- Badlands South Dakota; Tourism -- South Dakota; South Dakota -- History; Vanishing Trails expeditions (S.D.); Native American culture; Ghost dance -- South Dakota -- 1890
- The third annual Vanishing Trails Expedition auto caravan, consisting of 150 cars and over twice that many people, made the trip to the Pine Ridge Reservation to see where the Sioux held their Ghost Shirt dances. Henry Weasel and John Plenty Wolf...
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- ‘Deadwood Champagne’ Blamed For Fort Meade’s Selection
- Fort Meade (S.D.); Sheridan, Philip Henry, 1831-1888; Sheridan, Michael V. (Michael Vincent), 1840-1918 Reno, Marcus A. (Marcus Albert) 1835-1889; United States. Army. Cavalry, 7th; South Dakota -- History
- This article concerns the efforts to establish a military garrison in the lower Rapid Valley and not near Bear Butte.
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- Fort Meade Near Sturgis Is One Of Few Remaining Cavalry Posts
- Fort Meade (S.D.); United States. Army. Cavalry, 4th; United States. Army. Cavalry, 7th; Sheridan, Philip Henry, 1831-1888; Meade, George Gordon, 1815-1872; United States. Army. Infantry, 24th; South Dakota -- History
- This article details a brief history of Fort Meade, located near Sturgis, SD.
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