The WPA Guide to South Dakota: The Prairie StateDuring the 1930s in the United States, the Works Progress Administration developed the Federal Writers’ Project to support writers and artists while making a national effort to document the country’s shared history and culture. The American Guide series consists of individual guides to each of the states. Little-known authors—many of whom would later become celebrated literary figures—were commissioned to write these important books. John Steinbeck, Saul Bellow, Zora Neale Hurston, and Ralph Ellison are among the more than 6,000 writers, editors, historians, and researchers who documented this celebration of local histories. Photographs, drawings, driving tours, detailed descriptions of towns, and rich cultural details exhibit each state’s unique flavor. |
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AGRICULTURE | |
TRANSPORTATION | |
FOLKLORE AND FOLKWAYS | |
Browns Valley Minn SissetonEurekaJunction with US 83 State | |
State 10 to Old Fort Sisseton 6 5 m | |
Lake Benton Minn HuronPierreRapid CityBeulah Wyo US | |
HighmoreFort ThompsonChamberlain State 47 54 m | |
Junction with US 16Mount Rushmore National MemorialJunction with | |
Ellendale N Dak AberdeenPlatteButte Nebr US 281 234 5 m | |
Linton N Dak PierreValentine Nebr US 83 249 m | |
Junction with US 85ASylvan LakeJunction with US 16 Needles | |
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Aberdeen acres Arikara Badlands band Belle Fourche Big Sioux River Black Hills buffalo building built Buttes cabins camp Canyon cattle cave Cheyenne church College Corn Palace Creek crosses Custer State Park Dakota Territory Deadwood early eastern farm Fish and Parks Forest Fort Pierre Game gold granite graveled road ground Gulch Harney highway Homestake homestead horses houses Huron Indian James River junction Lake land Left Main St miles mining Missouri River Mitchell monument mounds Mount Rushmore mountain Museum named National North Peak picnic Pierre pine pioneer plant prairie railroad ranch Rapid City RECREATION region reservation rock route Rushmore settlers sheep Sioux Falls Sisseton soldiers South Dakota Spearfish State’s station stone summer swimming Tour town trade trail trees U.S. Forest Service valley village wagon Watertown Western winds Yankton