South Dakota State Library: Digital Collections

- Oahe Dam shift rules ‘normal’ by review panel
- Oahe Dam (S.D.); Missouri River Basin Project: Dams – South Dakota; United States. Army. Corps of Engineers; Casagrande, Arthur; Johnson, Wendell
- Data collected between 1952 and 1970 has revealed a small portion of the dam has settled more than other areas of the dam.
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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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- Break Ground For New S.D. State Library
- South Dakota State Library; South Dakota State Library Commission; Kneip, Richard F. (Richard Francis), 1933-1987; Anderson, Herschel V. (Herschel Vincent); Kocourek, Mrs. Frank; Mikelson, Senator Grace; Colby, Jane; Peterson, Rachel; Paulson,...
- Ground breaking ceremonies were held in Pierre on August 19 for the new state library building.
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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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- Thoen Stone Mute Witness to Early Hills Massacre
- Thoen Stone; Thoen, Louis; Thoen, Ivan; Adams Museum (Deadwood, S.D.)
- An article describing the Thoen Stone, its discovery and plans for a monument at the site.
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- Lincoln County Gravel Pits Yield Fossils from Pre-Glacial Animals
- Over, William H. (William Henry), 1866-1956; Lincoln County (S.D.); Fossils -- Collection and preservation -- South Dakota
- Gravel pits in Lincoln County SD, opened up by WPA projects, are yielding fossil remains of pre-glacial animals.
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- Mammoth found near Mina got stuck in swamp some time ago
- Mammoths -- South Dakota; Mina (S.D.); Keinast Farm (S.D.); Hubbard, George D. (George David), b. 1871; Rothrock, E. P. (Edgar Paul), 1889-1977
- A mammoth discovered on the Keinast farm was probably mired in a swamp “thousands of years ago’.
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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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- University Geologists find prehistoric reptile fossil
- Yankton (S.D.); Clidastes; Stevenson, Robert E.; Marindahl Dam
- The geology club of the University of South Dakota uncovered fossils of a large vertebrate reptile near Marindahl Dam near Yankton, S.D.
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- Prehistoric Lizard Found Near Bonesteel, Given to USD
- Stevenson, Robert E.; Bonesteel (S.D.); University of South Dakota; Tylosaurus; Fossils -- Collection and preservation -- South Dakota
- A prehistoric lizard, Tylasaurus, was discovered at the Harvey cabin north of Bonesteel. Dr. Robert Stevenson visited the site and recovered the petrified remains. The lizard was presented to the University of South Dakota in Vermillion.
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- New State Library Building Planned Here
- South Dakota State Library; Anderson, Herschel V. (Herschel Vincent); Spitznagel and Associates, Sioux Falls (S.D.); Building construction -- United States -- South Dakota -- Pierre -- 1970-1980
- The article describes the new State Library building being built in 1975.
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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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- From the Past: State Archeologist has a trio of jobs
- Sigstad, John; W.H. Over Museum; University of South Dakota; South Dakota. State Archaeological Commission
- An article describing the job John Sigstad as the State Archeologist.
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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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- 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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- 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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- 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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- 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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- 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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