South Dakota State Library: Digital Collections

- ‘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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- ‘Eunik,’ World’s Largest Truck, To Get Test Run At Oahe Dam
- Oahe Dam (S.D.); Missouri River Basin Project (U.S.); Dams – South Dakota; United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.; Western Contracting Corporation, Sioux City (Ia.); Everist, Hubert H.; Collins, Carl (Rip); Sibert, John W.
- A giant earth mover, nicknamed “Eunik”, will be given test runs at the Oahe Dam. Eunik weighs 78 ½ tons and is rated to haul 80 cubic yards of earth.
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- $1.7 Millions State Library Contract Let Here Tuesday
- South Dakota State Library; South Dakota State Library Commission; Building construction -- United States -- South Dakota -- Pierre -- 1970-1980
- The South Dakota Library Commission awarded $1.7 million in contracts for a new state library building.
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- Hunting atlas
- Hunting -- South Dakota -- Atlases; Hunting -- South Dakota -- Maps; Trapping -- South Dakota -- Atlases; Trapping -- South Dakota -- Maps; South Dakota -- Atlases
- 2012 South Dakota hunting information including walk-in areas and hunting maps.
- Test
- A Very Real Danger
- Missouri River; Irrigation--South Dakota; Irrigation--Nebraska; Irrigation--Texas; Mundt, Karl E. (Karl Earl), 1900-1974; Farrar, Frank L. (Frank Leroy), 1929-;
- This editorial discusses the problems that would arise if Missouri River water would be diverted to irrigate states Nebraska to Texas.
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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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- Big Job Precedes S.D. Irrigation
- Irrigation -- South Dakota; Missouri River Basin Project (U.S.) Oahe Unit; United States. Bureau of Reclamation
- An editorial encouraging South Dakotans interested in irrigation to organize irrigation districts.
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- Bill Sent To Senate Carries $450,000 Oahe Unit Funds
- Irrigation projects -- South Dakota; Irrigation -- Research -- South Dakota; Expenditures, Public -- South Dakota; United States. Army Corps of Engineers; Reifel, Ben, 1906-1990
- The $4.1 billion public works appropriations bill sent to the House contains over $9 million for water development projects in South Dakota, including $450,000 for advance planning of the Oahe irrigation unit.
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- Boe Urges More Library Services
- South Dakota Library Commission; MacKay, Mercedes B. (Mercedes Belle), 1904-1987; South Dakota. Governor (1965-1969: Boe); Kittel, Dorothy; United States. Office of Education; United States. Library Services and Construction Act
- Governor Nils Boe urged librarians and library trustees to expand library services beyond formal education. Dorothy Kittel of the U.S. Office of Education reported on new legislation concerning state institutional libraries and services for the...
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- Colorectal cancer in South Dakota
- Colon (Anatomy) -- Cancer -- South Dakota -- Statistics; Rectum -- Cancer -- South Dakota -- Statistics
- Colorectal incidence and mortality data for 2010 and estimates for 2012. Age-adjusted incidence and mortality rates 2006-2010.
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- Congress Action On Oahe Irrigation Funding Told
- Irrigation projects -- South Dakota; Denholm, Frank E. (Frank Edward), 1923- ;
- Rep. Frank Denholm states that Congress has given its approval to a $150,000 appropriation for the Oahe Irrigation Project.
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- Continuation of the Upper Big Sioux River Watershed project: final report, segment 5
- Water quality management -- Big Sioux River Watershed (S. D. and Iowa) -- Statistics; Nonpoint source pollution -- Big Sioux River Watershed (S.D. and Iowa); Water conservation projects -- Big Sioux River Watershed (S.D. and Iowa) -- Statistics;...
- This project is a continuation of the Upper Big River Watershed project segment 5. The project is part of the Section 319 Nonpoint Source Pollution Control Program. The project involves water quality management and nonpoint source pollution testing.
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- Contractors Move Hill As Work Gets Underway On Giant Oahe Dam
- Oahe Dam (S.D.); Missouri River Basin Project (U.S.); Dams -- South Dakota; Fort Randall Dam (S.D.); United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.; Smithsonian Institution; Guy James Company, Oklahoma City (Okla.); Collins & Campbell, Fargo (N.D.)
- In the construction of the Oahe Dam, a hill encompassing six million cubic yards of dirt is being moved from the west side of the river to the river bottom. This dirt will be used as part of the base for the 242 foot high barrier that will span...
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- Crystal Ball Says Irrigation Will Develop Slowly But Surely in S.D.
- Irrigation -- South Dakota; Missouri River Basin Project (U.S.) Oahe Unit; United States. Bureau of Reclamation
- The article provides a hypothetical analysis of irrigation costs for a typical farm.
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- Dam Closed, Giant Oahe Reservoir Begins Filling
- Oahe Dam (S.D.); Missouri River Basin Project; Dams – Missouri River; Rockefeller, Winthrop, 1912-1973; South Dakota. Governor (1955-1959: Foss); South Dakota. Governor (1943-1947: Sharpe); Hammond, Colonel D.G.; United States. Army. Corps of...
- 15,000 people attended a ceremony celebrating the dam closure. Speakers included Winthrop Rockefeller; Governor Joe Foss, and former Governor M. Q. Sharpe.
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- Demo. Delegation for Oahe Project asks for 1973 Funding
- McGovern, George S. (George Stanley), 1922-; Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994; Abourezk, James G., 1931-; Oahe Irrigation Project; Irrigation projects -- South Dakota; Irrigation -- South Dakota; United States. Office of Management...
- South Dakota’s democratic congressional delegation asked President Nixon to include construction funds for the Oahe Irrigation project in the administration’s budget for 1973.
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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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- Famous South Dakota Lands Go Into Oahe Reservoir
- Oahe Dam (S.D.); Missouri River Basin Project; Dams – South Dakota; Philip, Scotty, 1858-1911; Wyman, Judge A. Lee; United States. Attorney (South Dakota); Flynn, Leo P.
- Condemnation proceedings have started against 5770 acres for the development of the Oahe Reservoir. Condemned lands include part of Scotty Philip’s buffalo pasture.
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- 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.
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- Fishing handbook, 2011
- Fishing -- South Dakota; Fishing -- South Dakota -- Maps; Fishery law and legislation -- South Dakota
- Handbook providing information on licensing, statewide harvest limits, East River regulations, Missouri River regulations, West River regulations, Black Hills regulations, and general regulations for fishing in South Dakota.
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