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It Happened in South Dakota : Remarkable Events that Shaped History.

A fascinating collection of thirty-two compelling stories about events that shaped the Mount Rushmore State, It Happened in South Dakota describes everything from Lewis and Clark raising an American flag on the Missouri to the continuing creation of a monument to Crazy Horse.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Straub, Patrick
Otros Autores: Griffith, Tom D.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Blue Ridge Summit : TwoDot, 2016.
Edición:2nd ed.
Colección:It Happened in the West.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; MYSTERY IN THE MUD: The Crow Creek Massacre; THE LA VERENDRYE BROTHERS: Their Short-Lived French Claim; FIRST VOTE WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI; LA FRAMBOISE AND FORT PIERRE: First Permanent Settlement in South Dakota; ARIKARA AND ASHLEY: The First Fight; TODD THE LOBBYIST: Dakota Territory Is Established; CUSTER'S GOLD! Gold Discovered in the Black Hills; DEADWOOD: South Dakota's Tall-Tale Factory; BLOWN AWAY: The First Tornado Ever Photographed; JANUARY BLIZZARD: South Dakota's Fatal Snow Day; THE DEATH OF A LEGEND: Sitting Bull's Last Days.
  • TRAGEDY AT WOUNDED KNEE: Massacre and Conquest of the SiouxCAPITAL COMPLEX: Mitchell and Pierre Fight over Seat of Government; TOO CORNY: The World's Only Corn Palace; THE GREATEST MONUMENT NEVER FINISHED: Mount Rushmore; PARDON, MADAM: Poker Alice Saved from Prison; BURNING UP THE TRACK: "Smokey" Joe Mendel Wins State Track Meet; THIRSTY? WALL DRUG SERVES SETTLERS; THE BIG BANG: South Dakota's Largest Explosion; RALLY 'EM UP: The Sturgis Motorcycle Rally Begins; TRULY GREAT BADLANDS: President Roosevelt Creates Badlands National Monument; A MOUNTAIN OF A MONUMENT: Crazy Horse Memorial.
  • POWER PLAY: Oahe Dam Is CompletedSHAKY YEAR: The Earthquakes of 1964; BLACK HILLS RUN BROWN: The Rapid City Flood; REINJURED: Wounded Knee II; THE MAMMOTH SITE: Where the Big Boys Are Buried; GAMBLING IN DEADWOOD: The Wild West Is Still Alive; DANCES WITH HOLLYWOOD: South Dakota Hits the Big Screen; THE GREAT FLOOD; PLANE CRASH: Learjet Crash Kills Golfer Payne Stewart; ROARING GRIZZLY: Grizzly Gulch Fire Barely Nips Deadwood; SOUTH DAKOTA TIMELINE; MOUNT RUSHMORE TIMELINE; SOUTH DAKOTA FACTS AND TRIVIA; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; ABOUT THE AUTHORS.