South Dakota State Library: Digital Collections

- Mellette Woman, Armed with Area Petitions, Leaves for Washington Represents Anti-Oahe Group
- Anti-Oahe Association; Cady, Mrs. Florence; James River Valley (N.D. and S.D.); Oahe Reservoir (S.D.)
- Mrs. Florence Cady, representing the Anti-Oahe Association, preparing to testify at a congressional hearing regarding an irrigation study. The association claims that a sizeable majority of farmers affected by the proposed project oppose the study.
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- New Amphitheater at Cedar Pass Ready for Badlands Dedication
- Badlands South Dakota; Badlands National Monument (S.D.); Sholly, George
- The new amphitheater at Cedar Pass in the Badlands National Monument will be christened in honor of the late George Sholly in connection with the dedication of the Badlands National Monument.
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- Badlands Ranked as a “Natural Wonder”
- Badlands South Dakota; Badlands National Monument (S.D.); Tourism -- South Dakota
- An article describing the various sites and areas of the Badlands and along the highways leading into the Badlands.
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- Although Monument for 20 Years, Badlands Never Been Dedicated
- Badlands South Dakota; Badlands National Monument (S.D.); Tourism -- South Dakota; Fossils -- South Dakota
- The first official dedication of the Badlands National Monument was held on September 16, 1959, 20 years after it was designated as a national monument by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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- Uncover Fossil in S. D. Badlands
- Badlands South Dakota; Brontotherium; Martin, Harold; Bump, James; Murphy, Ike; Keester, Harry; South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. Museum of Geology; Scenic (S.D.)
- Discovery of a fossil giant Brontotherium. As an excavation was taking place of the skull of this fossil, it was discovered the it was the complete fossilized skeleton. This fossil was discovered in the Badlands, near Scenic, SD.
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- Recording Badlands Fossils Painstaking Job
- Badlands South Dakota; South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. Museum of Geology; Green, Morton; Macdonald, Dr. J.R.; Fossils -- Collection and preservation -- South Dakota
- An article explaining the painstaking detail which goes into collecting fossils in the Badlands for transporting them to a museum.
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- Highways aid development of Badlands
- Badlands South Dakota; Tourism -- South Dakota; Roads -- Design and construction -- South Dakota; Millard, B.H.
- The value of the Badlands of S.D., in tourism, will be greatly enhanced with the development of highways in the proposed national monument.
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- State Library Offers Consultant Service
- Barrett, Buckley; South Dakota State Library
- A consultant was hired to assist South Dakota public libraries.
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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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- Wandering dinosaur bones back home – Mines museum makes trade
- Edmontosaurus; Denver Museum of Natural History; Princeton University. Museum of Natural History.; Carnegie Museum of Natural History; Badlands South Dakota; South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. Museum of Geology; Bump, James; Horace Twito...
- After 28 years and a four-cornered museum trade, bones of a trachodon are being returned to the Museum at the School of Mines.
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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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- 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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- Tablet Will Mark Site of Fort Dakota
- Fort Dakota (S.D.); Daughters of the American Revolution. Mary Chilton Chapter
- A bronze plaque will be placed on the Hollywood theatre marking the site of the old Fort Dakota barracks.
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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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- Young Quartermaster officer built Ft. Meade
- Fort Meade (S.D.); Ruhlen, George; Terry, Alfred Howe, 1827-1890; United States. Army. Cavalry, 7th; United States. Army. 1st Infantry Division
- First Lt. George Ruhlen, an assistant Army quartermaster, was responsible for constructing Fort Meade.
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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 in Black Hills Grew From a Custer Camp
- Fort Meade (S.D.); Sturgis, James G.; Sheridan, Philip Henry, 1831-1888; United States. Army. Cavalry, 8th; United States. Army. 25th Infantry Division; United States. Army. Cavalry, 6th; United States. Army. Cavalry, 4th; South Dakota. National...
- This article presents a history of Fort Meade from 1876 to 1828.
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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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- Be There
- Fort Meade VA Medical Center (Fort Meade, S.D.); Fort Meade (S.D.)
- This editorial concerns the dedication of the new Fort Meade Veterans’ Administration hospital.
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- Writer Tells of Visit to Old Military Post at Fort Randall
- Fort Randall (S.D.); John H. McLaughlin; Harney, William S. (William Selby), 1800-1889;
- The writer describes the present (1939) condition of Fort Randall and also a history of the fort.
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