South Dakota State Library: Digital Collections

- 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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- 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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- 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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- Register, Vol. 39, May 6, 2013
- Delegated legislation -- South Dakota -- Periodicals
- Current notices, executive appointments, executive orders and scheduled hearings
- SD State Agencies II
- Register, Vol. 39, April 29, 2013
- Delegated legislation -- South Dakota -- Periodicals
- Current notices, executive appointments, executive orders and scheduled hearings
- SD State Agencies II
- 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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- Fort Dakota in S.F. Went To Highest Bidder in 1870
- Fort Dakota (S.D.); Sioux Falls (S.D.); McDonald, John; Furey, Captain John V.
- The article provides a description of Sioux Falls in 1870 and the sale of the Fort Dakota barracks.
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- Post Modernization To Reach Peak This Year
- Fort Meade (S.D.); Fort Meade VA Medical Center (Fort Meade, S.D.); Stokes, Harold A.
- The article discusses the modernization program of the Veteran’s Administration Hospital at Fort Meade.
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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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- Meade Home Longest for 4th Cavalry
- Fort Meade (S.D.); Fort Meade VA Medical Center (Fort Meade, S.D.); United States. Army. Cavalry, 4th; United States. Army. Cavalry, 7th; United States. Army. Cavalry, 8th; Meade, George Gordon, 1815-1872; Tilford, J.G.; Carlton, Caleb Henry,...
- This article tells the history of Fort Meade before its conversion into a veterans’ hospital. The custom of playing the “Star Spangled Banner” as a national anthem was started at 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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- 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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- 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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- Pioneer Dakotan Tells Of Early Days At Ft. Randall Army Post
- Fort Randall (S.D.)
- The author of this article provides a personal history of Fort Randall from 1882 to 1948.
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- Elements Take Toll of Church Built by Soldiers of Indian War
- Fort Randall (S.D.); Randall, Daniel; Howard, Mickey; Manbeck, Jeff
- The article provides a short history of Fort Randall including the building of a church in 1872.
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- Business, Politics had Part In Sam Brown’s Epic Gallop
- Fort Sisseton (S.D.); Brown, Samuel; Brown, Joseph Renshaw, 1805-1870; Dakota Indians--Wars, 1862-1865.
- The article provides details of Sam Brown’s ride to Fort Sisseton to warn of an Indian uprising that never happened.
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- Fort Sisseton, Like Fort Meade, Saw No Battles but Made History Anyway
- Fort Sisseton (S.D.); Fort Wadsworth (S.D.); Rose, Robert; Holland, Marvin; Clowney, Major John; Brown, Sam; United States. Work Projects Administration; South Dakota. Dept. of Game, Fish, and Parks
- The article describes the present Fort Sisseton State Park and also provides a history of the fort.
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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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- Popularity Grows – Fort Sisseton Part Of Heritage
- Fort Sisseton (S.D.); South Dakota. Dept. of Game, Fish, and Parks
- The article describes what is available for visitors at Fort Sisseton and also provides a history of the fort.
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