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South Dakota (IPA: /ˌsɑʊθəˈkoʊtə/) is a state located in the Midwestern region of the United States of America. It is named after the Lakota and Dakota (Sioux) American Indian tribes. South Dakota was admitted to the Union on November 2, 1889. (North Dakota was admitted simultaneously.)

Trivia about south dakota

  • You'll find the Holy Terror Gold Mine (which the owner named for his wife) near Mount Rushmore in this state
  • Wyoming shares the Black Hills National Forest with this state
  • (Sarah of the Clue Crew visits with the bison at the Catalina Island Conservancy.) Catalina can't support large numbers of bison, so in 2004, about 100 of them were repatrioted to their ancestral home in this Mt. Rushmore state
  • State where gold was found in 1874 when Custer led expedition to explore it
  • The Triceratops found in this state's Black Hills won official fossil status
  • "Mount Rushmore State"
  • Nebraska is north of Kansas & directly south of this state
  • This state's largest public library is in Sioux Falls
  • If you want to sneak a peek at the landmark seen here, head to this Midwest state:(Mount Rushmore)
  • You can see fossilized fish at the Badlands Petrified Gardens in Kadoka in this state
  • If you're nosing around the landmark seen here, we knows you knows you're in this state
  • Colleges in this state include Black Hills State University & Oglala Lakota College
  • We wonder whether the pheasant that's its state bird nests in the Black Hills Spruce, its state tree
  • A depiction of Mount Rushmore appears on this state's official license plates
  • The capital of this state was named for Pierre Chouteau, a French fur trader
  • Mount Rushmore is named for Charles Rushmore, a lawyer sent to check on land ownership in 1885 in what's now this state
  • Oil flows through the Black Hills of Custer County in this state
  • North Dakota became a state on November 2, 1889, the same day as this other state
  • The Black Hills Spruce is its state tree
  • Tree cheers for the Black Hills spruce, this state's choice
  • The 66 counties of this northern U.S. state include Custer & Minnehaha
  • State tree:Black Hills Spruce
  • The Centennial Trail covers 111 miles in these hills, from Bear Butte State Park to Wind Cave Naional Park
  • This state, the top U.S. oat producer, also gave us Tom Brokaw
  • The coyote is the official animal of this state & Black Hills gold is its official jewelry
  • In "Prison Writings", Leonard Peltier claims his innocence of killing FBI agents at the Pine Ridge Res. in this state
  • The Black Hills are an isolated, eroded mountain region in the western part of this state
  • "She has her Black Hills, and mines with gold so rare, and with her scenery, no other state can compare"
  • Sioux Falls in this state calls itself "the Crossroads of the Nation"
  • "Great Faces, Great Places"
  • Homestake & other Black Hills mines have made it a leading gold-producing state
  • "Great faces, great places" is the license plate slogan of this central U.S. state
  • Sparky Anderson,Tom Brokaw,George McGovern
  • Wounded Knee Village,Buechel Memorial Lakota Museum
  • Southeast of Mt. Rushmore lies Badlands National Park in this state
  • This state's lowest point, Big Stone Lake, lies about 100 miles east of Aberdeen on its border with Minnesota
  • Rushmore Mall in this state is the only regional shopping center within a 200-mile radius
  • On January 10, 1911 the temperature at Rapid City in this state fell over 45 degrees in 15 minutes
  • Seen here is one of the murals made with locally grown corn that has graced the Mitchell Corn Palace in this state
  • George McGovern
  • "The Coyote State" is an unofficial nickname of this 75,885-square-mile state
  • Yankton & Rosebud
  • Stephanie Herseth from this state with 66 counties, including Yankton & Miner
  • 2-word beseeching request for Ms. Fanning to continue in the direction of Antarctica

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