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maezee @maezee (41985) • United States 18 Jul 20

I knocked this one off my list, Badlands National Park located in the western side of South Dakota. I had been there as a kid, but I was so young I didn't really remember it. Badlands National Park boasts of 75 million year old...

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Still to Visit: South Dakota

Four Walls @FourWalls (86829) • United States 27 Dec 19

Yeah, I know. Warm weather in December usually means we’re gonna pay for it somehow (either with severe weather [we have had tornado warnings on New Year’s Day] or a blizzard) down the road. But that day isn’t today....

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Floods in the United States: Part Two

Alice Henry @IreneVincent (15960) • United States 11 Jun 17

Rapid City, South Dakota, June 9, 1972 The Mayor, Donald V. Barnett phoned the fire departments and the police and instructed them to start alerting the people of the danger of a flash flood. A few minutes late, he changed his...

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Floods in the United States: Part One

Alice Henry @IreneVincent (15960) • United States 11 Jun 17

What happened forty-five years ago on June 9? The morning weather forecast on Friday, June 9, 1972 in Rapid City, South Dakota was “variable cloudiness with a chance of scattered showers and thunderstorms through Saturday.”...

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Mount Rushmore

me @dfollin (27267) • United States 15 Mar 17

In 1923 historian Diane Robinson had an idea of a large sculpture to promote the events of tourism in South Dakota. A 1,287.45 acrea spot was picked out in Pemmington county, South Dakota in the Black Hills, where a Danish...

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Have You Ever Visited The Corn Palace?

Alice Henry @IreneVincent (15960) • United States 4 Mar 17

When my brother was planning this big camping trip for our family, several years ago, one of the places he wanted to visit was the Corn Palace in Mitchell, South Dakota. So, yes, we visited the Corn Palace. It’s quite an...

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"Little House on the Prairie"

Alice Henry @IreneVincent (15960) • United States 4 Feb 17

Have you ever watched “Little House on the Prairie,” a TV series based on two books by Laura Ingalls Wilder, entitled “The Long Winter” and “Little Town on the Prairie?” What she wrote about was the experiences of families who...

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Bob Hope Quote: Lost Luggage

Alice Henry @IreneVincent (15960) • United States 7 Dec 16

Bob Hope was quite a comedian too. He always had something funny to say. This one hits a note with me, because of all the traveling I used to do. He said: “Flying? I’ve been to almost as many places as my luggage.” More...

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Whatever Happened to... Bobby Buntrock?

Vincent Summers @KuznVinny (768) • United States 21 Apr 16

If you ever watched the old black-and-white TV show Hazel, starring Shirley Booth and Don Defore (with Whitney Blake and Bobby Buntrock), you are familiar with little Bobby, the young son of “George and Dorothy Baxter” (Defore and...

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Church of Christ Bought a Ghost Town in S.Dakota, USA!

LetranKnight25 @LetranKnight25 (33117) • Philippines 24 Oct 11

Wow! really? either it was some great hoax or it's a really SICK joke that blogs had been putting up lately. but when i saw it literally on the news a few days back, i was like What The?!! A lot of land could...

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South Dakota & Draconian Law

CraftyCorner @CraftyCorner (5600) • United States 20 Feb 11

The "Pro Life" folks (and I use the term loosely, you will understand why in a moment) are at it again in South Dakota with a new Draconian bill that they hope to make law. This particular bill is designed not only to trample Roe...

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New Mandate

laglen @laglen (19759) • United States 1 Feb 11

South Dakota lawmakers are proposing mandating all citizens over 21 must purchase a gun. At least this is an issue actually covered in the Constitution. Do you agree with this mandate? Why or why...

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St. Joseph's for the Lakota Sioux Children

hofferp @hofferp (4734) • United States 16 Apr 10

Last year, my Mom and I took a vacation to South Dakota for my uncle's 90th birthday party. SD is about a two-day drive from where we live (New Mexico). We decided to stop in Mission, SD, on the way up to my uncle's and to deliver...

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Did you have fun?

anna728 @anna728 (1499) • United States 17 Jul 09

A lot of people have been there but I thought it was kind of boring. Did you enjoy going?

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Just curious-are there MyLotters from South Dakota or Minnesota?

sdmoonchild @sdmoonchild (731) • United States 1 Oct 08

Hi all! I was just wondering are there any members from South Dakota or Minnesota? I was born and raised in Minnesota and about 5 years ago, I had moved to South Dakota. I am originally from the Twin Cities, now live in a small...

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Have you been to Mt. Rushmore?

Heather Echola @GardenGerty (169568) • United States 5 May 08

I keep thinking that one of these days we will be able to go. I would also like to see Crazy Horse, and buy some Black Hills gold. Do you live near enough to visit these places.?

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Well.....

wooitsmolly @wooitsmolly (3613) • United States 21 Aug 07

I am leaving for South Dakota today!!! I should be back sometime between Saturday and Monday. Woo hoo! See you suckers later. Discuss my hotness when I'm gone. ;)

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Mount Rushmore

Keith Stieneke @keithstieneke (823) • Lincoln, Nebraska 17 Apr 07

If you've ever been to the Black Hills of South Dakota what is your favorite tourist attraction? One of my favorites is Mount Rushmore.

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What should be plan to see and do on our trip to S. Dakota?

youdontsay @youdontsay (3497) • United States 31 Mar 07

We are hoping to travel to S. Dakota in September. Have you been there, maybe live there? What besides the Badlands and Mt. Rushmore should we try to see? It is a totally unfamiliar place for me and I'll probably not ever get...

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GLove123 @GLove123 (34) • United States 31 Mar 07

its so damn boring in this state

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