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South Dakota Posters, Prints, Photographs, Maps, & Calendars
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geography > NA > US > Mid-West > SOUTH DAKOTA < social studies
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South Dakota, known as the “Mount Rushmore State”, joined the Union on November 2, 1889 as the 40th state. “Dakota” is the Sioux word for friend.
South Dakota is in the West North Central Region, bordered by North Dakota to the north, Wyoming on the west, Nebraska on the south and Minnesota on the east.
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South Dakota - Just as prospectors did a century ago, adventurers drawn to South Dakota today head for the hills in the state's southwest corner. Then the lure was gold; now the magnet lode yields such nuggets as Mount Rushmore and Jewel Cave, the Wild West towns of Lead and Deadwood, Wind Cave National Park with its remnant of pristine grassland.
But the curious visitor can find attractions elsewhere, too. A cluster of natural freshwater lakes dots the state's northeast corner, making it a prime skating and ice-fishing region in winter. Northeast of Aberdeen stands restored Fort Sisseton, recalling Indian-war days of the the mid-1800's. Mitchell's huge, turreted Corn Palace sports exterior murals “painted” with varicolored ears of corn; it houses a week-long festival in September. Touches of Germany and Scandinavia linger in the fertile James River Valley, where immigrants pioneered.
South Dakota's own version of the Great Lakes is a chain of bulging reservoirs along the Missouri River. Dams backing up the artificial lakes offer powerhouse tours. You can also boat, picnic, swim, or seek fishing prizes–15-pound walleyes, 35-pound northern pike, even strange 100-pound paddlefish who lower jaws drop like elevators to open gaping maws.
A Plains Indian homeland, the state has 32,000 Sioux; most live on the adjoining Rosebud and Pine Ridge Reservations. Rosebud Indians hold an end-of-August fair with ceremonial dances and buffalow-steak dinners. Pine Ridge's Indians conduct a sun dance in early August near storied Wounded Knee, site of 1890 and 1973 conflicts.
At Cactus Flat or Wall you can dip into the Badlands, a terrain of wind-blasted rock and water-cut canyon that Indian fighter Gen. Alfred Sully called “hell with the fires out.” At Rapid City you can strike out for the Black Hills attractions: Custer State Park protects a buffalo herd that a hired jeep and guide will take you to see; Deadwood's Mount Moriah Cemetery hold the graves of Wild Bill Hickok, Calamity Jane, Preacher Smith; Lead (pronounced Leed) lives up to its name–the Homestake Gold Mine paces the nation in output and you can tour its surface workings.
(poster text about South Dakota)
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The South Dakota State Bird is the Chinese ring-necked pheasant, introduced to South Dakota in 1898 as a game bird. It is easily recognized by its colorful plumage and known for its delicious meat.
• more bird posters
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The South Dakota State Flower is the Pasque or May Day flower which grows wild throughout South Dakota and is one of the first signs of spring in the state. The name “pasque” comes for the French word for Easter. The Pasque is also the official flower of the Canadian province of Manitoba.
• more botany posters
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The South Dakota State Insect is the honey bee, the principal pollinator of crops and for producing pleasant-tasting and healthful honey. South Dakota is a leading honey producing state.
• food posters
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The South Dakota State Animal is the adaptable coyote, a natural predator of small game and rodents. The coyote hunts the open prairies and fields over the entire state, occurring mostly along river banks and in the Black Hills.
• dog posters
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South Dakota State Tree is the Black Hills spruce, a pyramid shaped member of the evergreen or coniferous family with dense foliage of short, blue-green needles and slender cones.
• trees posters
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Cowboys in the Badlands, 1888, Thomas Eakins
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An F4 category tornado barrels across South Dakota farmland.
• weather posters
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“Wild Bill” Hickok, born James Butler Hickok (b. 5-27-1837 in Troy Grove, IL; d. 8-2-1876; Deadwood, SD), is a legendary figure in the American Old West. His fictionalized adventures were inspired by his skills as a gunfighter, scout, and lawman. An interesting fact - Hickok's father ran a station of the Underground Railroad.
Calamity Jane, nee Martha Jane Cannary, (5-1-1852; Princeton, MO; d. 8-1-1903) lead a colorful frontier life. She claimed she and Wild Bill were “close” and managed to get herself buried next to him - the truth may never be known, she might have been what we would call today, a stalker.
• They Called Him Wild Bill
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