Saturday, August 24, 2013

Great Faces, Great Places

My husband was stationed at Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota before we moved to Texas. Not living too far from the state, I had a chance to visit some of the sites and learn about some great sites also.  Mount Rushmore is one of the most famous sites. If you have never heard of Mount Rushmore it is located in the Forrest of the Black Hills and it is a National Memorial carved out of granite. The memorial's granite features include the faces of Gorge Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln.

Here are some interesting sites and information South Dakota is known:
  • Custer State Park is the second largest State Park in America. 
  • Historic Hot Springs Mammoth Site contains a working paleontology museum with the most wooly mammoth fossils.
  • Badlands National State Park "Badlands National Park contains the world's richest deposits of fossils from the Oligocene epoch. Paleontologists have uncovered the remains of ancient three-toed horses, tiny deer-like creatures, turtles, a saber-toothed cat and other prehistoric animals."
  • Deadwood is a city in South Dakota known for its infamous legends and outlaws, the Gold Rush, and its legalized gaming.
  • Sturgis, South Dakota is known for holding the largest motorcycle rally every year with an estimated 600,000 motorists at a time.
  • Native American History is rich in culture in South Dakota. It has the largest population of Native Americans of past and present. Currently there are 71,000 Native Americans living in South Dakota. 

Badlands

Mammoth Hot Springs

Sturgis Annual Bike Rally

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