South Dakota - SD

Round Lake State Wildlife Management Area. Roy Lake State Park Number 1. Roy Lake State Park Number 2. Runge State Wildlife Management Area. Sand Lake National Wildlife Refuge. Sandy Shore State Park. Sieche Hollow State Park. Singsaas Slough State Wildlife Management Area. Slather Slough State Wildlife Management Area. State Park School. State Wildlife Management Area. Union County State Park. Upper Lake Traverse State Wildlife Management Area. Victor State Wildlife Management Area. Waubay National Wildlife Refuge. Wind Cave National Park., Topography Prairie plains in the east; rolling hills of the Great Plains in the west; Black Hills in the southwest corner, Highest Point Harney Peak; 7,242 feet, 15th, Lowest Point Big Stone lake; 962 feet, Media, Sports Sioux Falls Canaries (NLB) - Sioux Falls. Sioux Falls Stampede (USHL) - Sioux Falls. South Dakota Gold (IBA) - Mitchell., Facts Sculptor Gutzon Borglum began drilling into the 6,200-foot Mount Rushmore in 1927. Creation of the Shrine to Democracy took 14 years and cost a mere $1 million, though it's now deemed priceless. The faces of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln are sculpted into Mount Rushmore the world's greatest mountain carving. Fossilized remains of life 50 million years ago have been arranged in unusual forms, which is Lemmon's mark of distinction at the world's largest petrified wood park. Perhaps the most significant fur trade/military fort on the western American frontier, Fort Pierre Chouteau was the largest (almost 300' square) and best equipped trading post in the northern Great Plains. Built in 1832 by John Jacob Astor's (1763-1848) American Fur Company as part of its expansion into the Upper Missouri region, the trading activities at the site exemplified the commercial alliance critical to the success of the fur business. Jack McCall was tried, convicted and hanged two miles north of Yankton in 1877 for the shooting of Wild Bill Hickok. He is buried in an unmarked grave in the Yankton cemetery., Biographies Sparky Anderson baseball manager, Bridgewater. Tom Brokaw TV newscaster, Webster. John James Exon senator, Geddes. Myron Floren accordionist, Roslyn. Joe Foss governor, 1st Commissioner of the American Football League, Sioux Falls., Link  .