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 Black Hills - South Dakota and Wyoming Posted by:  Hikenutty
N 43° 50.519 W 103° 32.722
13T E 616933 N 4855350
The Black Hills of South Dakota and northeastern Wyoming are full of activities for tourists and hikers. It is an odd mix of exquisite beauty and hilarious kitsch that makes for the perfect vacation location.
Waymark Code: WM1WP6
Location: South Dakota, United States
Date Posted: 07/21/2007
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The following excerpt is from the "WPA Guide to South Dakota":
THE BLACK HILLS region is geographically, geologically, socially, and economically a unit, differing from the rest of the State in each of these regards. Its most common title is the "richest hundred square miles in the world," this chiefly in reference to its many valuable mineral deposits, the principal one of which is gold. But the region is more than that. It is one of the chief recreational areas of the Middle West, and its vocational facilities are being enjoyed by an ever-increasing throng of visitors. The attractions of the various Hills cities are well known – the Homestake gold mines at Lead, Deadwood with its graves of famous frontier characters, and Rapid City with its Museum and Dinosaur Park. But outside the cities there is still much to be seen, the giant sculptures of nationally known Mt. Rushmore, the unique granite spires of the Needles, and the almost ethereal beauty of Sylvan Lake. Still this does not exhaust the possibilities of the Hills region.
The Black Hills of South Dakota and northeastern Wyoming were formed during the Pleistocene era when a large dome of rock pushed up through the grasslands. Over the years the softer sediment eroded and the beautiful formations that we see today were exposed. All of the attractions mentioned in the guidebook are still there today, waiting to be explored.
Book: South Dakota
Page Number(s) of Excerpt: 170-171
Year Originally Published: 1938
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