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alt="Map showing the location of Custer State Park" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/16px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Location of Custer State Park in South Dakota</div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="locality"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Custer_County,_South_Dakota" title="Custer County, South Dakota">Custer County, South Dakota</a>, United States</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Coordinates</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output 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scope="row" class="infobox-label">Area</th><td class="infobox-data">71,000 acres (290 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Elevation</th><td class="infobox-data">4,721 ft (1,439 m)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="note"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Established</th><td class="infobox-data">1912</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Named for</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/George_Armstrong_Custer" title="George Armstrong Custer">George Armstrong Custer</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Governing body</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/South_Dakota_Department_of_Game,_Fish,_and_Parks" title="South Dakota Department of Game, Fish, and Parks">South Dakota Department of Game, Fish & Parks (GFP)</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <style 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Dakota state parks">State Park</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Hills_National_Forest" title="Black Hills National Forest">Black Hills</a> (<a href="/wiki/United_States_National_Forest" class="mw-redirect" title="United States National Forest">National Forest</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Elk_Wilderness" title="Black Elk Wilderness">Black Elk</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_U.S._Wilderness_Areas" class="mw-redirect" title="List of U.S. Wilderness Areas">Wilderness</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buffalo_Gap_National_Grassland" title="Buffalo Gap National Grassland">Buffalo Gap</a> (<a href="/wiki/United_States_National_Grassland" class="mw-redirect" title="United States National Grassland">National Grassland</a>)</li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="border-top:1px solid #aaa;"> Lakes</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sylvan_Lake_(South_Dakota)" title="Sylvan Lake (South Dakota)">Sylvan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pactola_Lake" title="Pactola Lake">Pactola</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="border-top:1px solid #aaa;"> Scenic byways</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Norbeck_Scenic_Byway" title="Peter Norbeck Scenic Byway">Peter Norbeck Scenic Byway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spearfish_Canyon" title="Spearfish Canyon">Spearfish Canyon</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="border-top:1px solid #aaa;"> Historic sites</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Minuteman_Missile_National_Historic_Site" title="Minuteman Missile National Historic Site">Minuteman Missile</a> (<a href="/wiki/National_Historic_Site_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="National Historic Site (United States)">National Historic Site</a>)</li></ul></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-navbar"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style 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abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}@media(prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .navbar li a abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}}@media print{.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:none!important}}</style><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Black_Hills_and_Badlands" title="Template:Black Hills and Badlands"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Black_Hills_and_Badlands" title="Template talk:Black Hills and Badlands"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Black_Hills_and_Badlands" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Black Hills and Badlands"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> </div></div> <p><b>Custer State Park</b> is a <a href="/wiki/List_of_South_Dakota_state_parks" title="List of South Dakota state parks">South Dakota State Park</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wildlife_reserve" class="mw-redirect" title="Wildlife reserve">wildlife reserve</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Black_Hills" title="Black Hills">Black Hills</a> of the United States. Located in <a href="/wiki/Custer_County,_South_Dakota" title="Custer County, South Dakota">Custer County</a>, the park is South Dakota's first and largest state park, named after <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Colonel" class="mw-redirect" title="Lieutenant Colonel">Lieutenant Colonel</a> <a href="/wiki/George_Armstrong_Custer" title="George Armstrong Custer">George Armstrong Custer</a>. The park covers an area of over 71,000 acres (287 km<sup>2</sup>) of varied terrain including rolling prairie grasslands and rugged mountains.<sup id="cite_ref-SDGFP_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SDGFP-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The park is home to a herd of 1,500 <a href="/wiki/Plains_bison" title="Plains bison">bison</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-SDGFP_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SDGFP-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Elk" title="Elk">Elk</a>, <a href="/wiki/Coyote" title="Coyote">coyotes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mule_deer" title="Mule deer">mule deer</a>, <a href="/wiki/White_tailed_deer" class="mw-redirect" title="White tailed deer">white tailed deer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mountain_goat" title="Mountain goat">mountain goats</a>, <a href="/wiki/Prairie_dog" title="Prairie dog">prairie dogs</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bighorn_sheep" title="Bighorn sheep">bighorn sheep</a>, <a href="/wiki/North_American_river_otter" title="North American river otter">river otters</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pronghorn" title="Pronghorn">pronghorn</a>, <a href="/wiki/North_American_cougar" title="North American cougar">cougars</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Feral" title="Feral">feral</a> <a href="/wiki/Donkey" title="Donkey">burros</a> also inhabit the park. The park is known for its scenery, its scenic drives (<a href="/wiki/Needles_Highway" class="mw-redirect" title="Needles Highway">Needles Highway</a> and the wildlife loop), with views of the bison herd and <a href="/wiki/Prairie_dog" title="Prairie dog">prairie dog</a> towns. This park is easily accessible by road from <a href="/wiki/Rapid_City,_South_Dakota" title="Rapid City, South Dakota">Rapid City</a>. Other nearby attractions are <a href="/wiki/Wind_Cave_National_Park" title="Wind Cave National Park">Wind Cave National Park</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mount_Rushmore" title="Mount Rushmore">Mount Rushmore</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jewel_Cave_National_Monument" title="Jewel Cave National Monument">Jewel Cave National Monument</a>, <a href="/wiki/Crazy_Horse_Memorial" title="Crazy Horse Memorial">Crazy Horse Memorial</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Badlands_National_Park" title="Badlands National Park">Badlands National Park</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Custer_State_Park&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The area originally started out as sixteen sections, but was later changed into one block of land because of the challenges of the terrain.<sup id="cite_ref-Thune_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Thune-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The park began to grow rapidly in the 1920s and gained new land. During the 1930s the <a href="/wiki/Civilian_Conservation_Corps" title="Civilian Conservation Corps">Civilian Conservation Corps</a> built miles of roads, laid out parks and campgrounds, and built three dams that set up a future of water recreation at the park. In 1964 an additional 22,900 acres (93 km<sup>2</sup>) were added to the park.<sup id="cite_ref-Thune_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Thune-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bison_herd">Bison herd</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Custer_State_Park&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Bison herd"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Conservation_of_American_bison" title="Conservation of American bison">Conservation of American bison</a></div> <p>Thirty-six bison were bought in 1914 to begin a herd. It is estimated that the park can sustain about 1,000 bison.<sup id="cite_ref-AP_2023-09-29_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AP_2023-09-29-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The park has an annual bison roundup as 400 to 500 calves are born each year. At an auction in September, several hundred are sold at auction so that the remaining number of animals will be compatible with the <a href="/wiki/Rangeland_management" title="Rangeland management">rangeland forage</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Their genetics can be used to improve the health of other herds.<sup id="cite_ref-AP_2023-09-29_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AP_2023-09-29-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The annual roundups began in 1965 with the viewing crowd growing to 16,000 to 20,000 people.<sup id="cite_ref-KN_2023-09-28_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KN_2023-09-28-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> South Dakota Governor <a href="/wiki/Kristi_Noem" title="Kristi Noem">Kristi Noem</a>, a horseback rider, has taken part in the roundup which involves 50 to 60 riders herding the animals over a five-mile trail (8.0 km).<sup id="cite_ref-AP_2023-09-29_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AP_2023-09-29-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The examinations includes gathering biological information such as height, weight, and pregnancy checks. Calves are branded and vaccinated.<sup id="cite_ref-KN_2023-09-28_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KN_2023-09-28-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Antilocapra.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Pronghorn at the Wildlife loop road"><img alt="Pronghorn at the Wildlife loop road" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Antilocapra.jpg/120px-Antilocapra.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="60" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Antilocapra.jpg/180px-Antilocapra.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Antilocapra.jpg/240px-Antilocapra.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="509" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Pronghorn" title="Pronghorn">Pronghorn</a> at the Wildlife loop road</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:BlackhillsCusterStatePark.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Black Hills in Custer State Park"><img alt="Black Hills in Custer State Park" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/BlackhillsCusterStatePark.png/120px-BlackhillsCusterStatePark.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/BlackhillsCusterStatePark.png/180px-BlackhillsCusterStatePark.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/BlackhillsCusterStatePark.png/240px-BlackhillsCusterStatePark.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="960" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Black Hills in Custer State Park</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Museums">Museums</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Custer_State_Park&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Museums"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Peter Norbeck Center is listed on the <a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places" title="National Register of Historic Places">National Register of Historic Places</a>, and is located on <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_16A_(South_Dakota)" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Route 16A (South Dakota)">U.S. Route 16A</a> in <a href="/wiki/Custer,_South_Dakota" title="Custer, South Dakota">Custer</a>. Exhibits focus on the park's natural history and cultural heritage, and include wildlife <a href="/wiki/Dioramas" class="mw-redirect" title="Dioramas">dioramas</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Civilian_Conservation_Corps" title="Civilian Conservation Corps">CCC</a> bunkhouse and a <a href="/wiki/Gold_prospecting" title="Gold prospecting">gold prospecting</a> display. The center is named for South Dakota Governor and Senator <a href="/wiki/Peter_Norbeck" title="Peter Norbeck">Peter Norbeck</a>. Many of the park's naturalist programs begin at the center. </p><p>Badger Hole, also known as Badger Clark Historical Site, was the home of <a href="/wiki/Charles_Badger_Clark" title="Charles Badger Clark">Charles Badger Clark</a> (1883–1957), who was named South Dakota's first Poet Laureate in 1937<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was noted for his <a href="/wiki/Cowboy_poetry" title="Cowboy poetry">cowboy poetry</a>. The house is maintained as it was when Clark lived there. Visitors can tour the home and hike the adjacent Badger Clark Historic Trail. </p><p>Opened in May 2016, Custer State Park's visitor center has information on the animals of the park, as well as a 20-minute film detailing the history and layout of the park. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:BlackhillsCusterStateParkBurros.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/BlackhillsCusterStateParkBurros.jpg/220px-BlackhillsCusterStateParkBurros.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/BlackhillsCusterStateParkBurros.jpg/330px-BlackhillsCusterStateParkBurros.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/BlackhillsCusterStateParkBurros.jpg/440px-BlackhillsCusterStateParkBurros.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2560" data-file-height="1920" /></a><figcaption>Begging Burros</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_popular_culture">In popular culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Custer_State_Park&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: In popular culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Movies filmed in Custer State Park, include <i><a href="/wiki/The_Last_Hunt" title="The Last Hunt">The Last Hunt</a></i> (1956), <i><a href="/wiki/How_the_West_Was_Won_(film)" title="How the West Was Won (film)">How the West Was Won</a></i> (1962) and <i><a href="/wiki/A_Man_Called_Horse_(film)" title="A Man Called Horse (film)">A Man Called Horse</a></i> (1970).<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>U.S. President <a href="/wiki/Calvin_Coolidge" title="Calvin Coolidge">Calvin Coolidge</a> and his wife Grace vacationed at Custer State Park for several weeks during the summer of 1927. <a href="/wiki/Grace_Coolidge_Creek" title="Grace Coolidge Creek">Grace Coolidge Creek</a> and its surrounding campground and trail are named in honor of the visit.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In nearby <a href="/wiki/Rapid_City" class="mw-redirect" title="Rapid City">Rapid City</a>, where he had his summer office, Coolidge announced to assembled reporters, "<a href="/wiki/I_do_not_choose_to_run" title="I do not choose to run">I do not choose to run</a>" for reelection in 1928. </p> <div class="thumb tnone" style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;overflow:hidden;width:auto;max-width:1008px"><div class="thumbinner"><div class="noresize" style="overflow:auto"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Custer_State_Park_(2020).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Sylvan Lake at Custer State Park"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Custer_State_Park_%282020%29.jpg/1000px-Custer_State_Park_%282020%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="1000" height="297" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Custer_State_Park_%282020%29.jpg/1500px-Custer_State_Park_%282020%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Custer_State_Park_%282020%29.jpg/2000px-Custer_State_Park_%282020%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="13101" data-file-height="3894" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/wiki/File:Custer_State_Park_(2020).jpg" title="File:Custer State Park (2020).jpg"> </a></div><a href="/wiki/Sylvan_Lake_(South_Dakota)" title="Sylvan Lake (South Dakota)">Sylvan Lake</a> at Custer State Park</div></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Custer_State_Park&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Conservation_of_American_bison" title="Conservation of American bison">Conservation of American bison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_protected_grasslands_of_North_America" title="List of protected grasslands of North America">List of protected grasslands of North America</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_South_Dakota_state_parks" title="List of South Dakota state parks">List of South Dakota state parks</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Custer_State_Park&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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Highway">Needles Highway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spearfish_Canyon" title="Spearfish Canyon">Spearfish Canyon Scenic Byway</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Trails</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Black_Hills_Centennial_Trail&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Black Hills Centennial Trail (page does not exist)">Black Hills Centennial Trail</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_S._Mickelson_Trail" title="George S. Mickelson Trail">George S. Mickelson Trail</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Populated<br />places</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Cities</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Belle_Fourche,_South_Dakota" title="Belle Fourche, South Dakota">Belle Fourche</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_City,_South_Dakota" title="Central City, South Dakota">Central City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Custer,_South_Dakota" title="Custer, South Dakota">Custer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deadwood,_South_Dakota" title="Deadwood, South Dakota">Deadwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edgemont,_South_Dakota" title="Edgemont, South Dakota">Edgemont</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hot_Springs,_South_Dakota" title="Hot Springs, South Dakota">Hot Springs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hill_City,_South_Dakota" title="Hill City, South Dakota">Hill City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lead,_South_Dakota" title="Lead, South Dakota">Lead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newcastle,_Wyoming" title="Newcastle, Wyoming">Newcastle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rapid_City,_South_Dakota" title="Rapid City, South Dakota">Rapid City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spearfish,_South_Dakota" title="Spearfish, South Dakota">Spearfish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sturgis,_South_Dakota" title="Sturgis, South Dakota">Sturgis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whitewood,_South_Dakota" title="Whitewood, South Dakota">Whitewood</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Towns</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Buffalo_Gap,_South_Dakota" title="Buffalo Gap, South Dakota">Buffalo Gap</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairburn,_South_Dakota" title="Fairburn, South Dakota">Fairburn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hermosa,_South_Dakota" title="Hermosa, South Dakota">Hermosa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keystone,_South_Dakota" title="Keystone, South Dakota">Keystone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pringle,_South_Dakota" title="Pringle, South Dakota">Pringle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sundance,_Wyoming" title="Sundance, Wyoming">Sundance</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Unincorporated</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dewey,_South_Dakota" title="Dewey, South Dakota">Dewey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Four_Mile,_South_Dakota" title="Four Mile, South Dakota">Four Mile</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Galena,_South_Dakota" title="Galena, South Dakota">Galena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hanna,_South_Dakota" title="Hanna, South Dakota">Hanna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnson_Siding,_South_Dakota" title="Johnson Siding, South Dakota">Johnson Siding</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nemo,_South_Dakota" title="Nemo, South Dakota">Nemo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rochford,_South_Dakota" title="Rochford, South Dakota">Rochford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rockerville,_South_Dakota" title="Rockerville, South Dakota">Rockerville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Silver_City,_South_Dakota" title="Silver City, South Dakota">Silver City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Three_Forks,_South_Dakota" title="Three Forks, South Dakota">Three Forks</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">History<br />and people</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States" title="Native Americans in the United States">Native American</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cheyenne" title="Cheyenne">Cheyenne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lakota_people" title="Lakota people">Lakota people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Fort_Laramie_(1868)" title="Treaty of Fort Laramie (1868)">Treaty of Fort Laramie (1868)</a> established the <a href="/wiki/Great_Sioux_Reservation" title="Great Sioux Reservation">Great Sioux Reservation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Sioux_War_of_1876" title="Great Sioux War of 1876">Black Hills War, or Great Sioux War (1876)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Elk" title="Black Elk">Black Elk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sitting_Bull" title="Sitting Bull">Sitting Bull</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crazy_Horse" title="Crazy Horse">Crazy Horse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lone_Horn" title="Lone Horn">Lone Horn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_Cloud" title="Red Cloud">Red Cloud</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spotted_Tail" title="Spotted Tail">Spotted Tail</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/American_frontier" title="American frontier">Old West</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dakota_Territory" title="Dakota Territory">Dakota Territory (1861–1889)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Hills_Expedition" title="Black Hills Expedition">Black Hills Expedition (1874)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Hills_gold_rush" title="Black Hills gold rush">Black Hills gold rush (1874)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newton%E2%80%93Jenney_Party" title="Newton–Jenney Party">Newton–Jenney Party (1875)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheyenne%E2%80%93Black_Hills_Stage_Route_and_Rawhide_Buttes_and_Running_Water_Stage_Stations" title="Cheyenne–Black Hills Stage Route and Rawhide Buttes and Running Water Stage Stations">Cheyenne-Black Hills Stage Route (1876–1887)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sidney-Black_Hills_Trail" title="Sidney-Black Hills Trail">Sidney-Black Hills Stage Road (1876–1887)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rapid_City,_Black_Hills_and_Western_Railroad" title="Rapid City, Black Hills and Western Railroad">Rapid City, Black Hills and Western Railroad (1893–1947)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seth_Bullock" title="Seth Bullock">Seth Bullock</a> and <a href="/wiki/Martha_Bullock" title="Martha Bullock">Martha Bullock</a></li> <li>General <a href="/wiki/George_Armstrong_Custer" title="George Armstrong Custer">George Armstrong Custer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dora_DuFran" title="Dora DuFran">Dora DuFran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wild_Bill_Hickok" title="Wild Bill Hickok">Wild Bill Hickok</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calamity_Jane" title="Calamity Jane">Calamity Jane</a></li> <li>Historian <a href="/wiki/Doane_Robinson" title="Doane Robinson">Doane Robinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sol_Star" title="Sol Star">Sol Star</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al_Swearengen" title="Al Swearengen">Al Swearengen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Utter" title="Charlie Utter">Charlie Utter</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Ghost towns</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Addie_Camp,_South_Dakota" title="Addie Camp, South Dakota">Addie Camp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bismuth,_South_Dakota" title="Bismuth, South Dakota">Bismuth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blacktail,_South_Dakota" title="Blacktail, South Dakota">Blacktail</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burdock,_South_Dakota" title="Burdock, South Dakota">Burdock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cambria,_Wyoming" title="Cambria, Wyoming">Cambria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carbonate,_South_Dakota" title="Carbonate, South Dakota">Carbonate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Etta,_South_Dakota" title="Etta, South Dakota">Etta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flatiron,_South_Dakota" title="Flatiron, South Dakota">Flatiron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greenwood,_Lawrence_County,_South_Dakota" title="Greenwood, Lawrence County, South Dakota">Greenwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maitland,_South_Dakota" title="Maitland, South Dakota">Maitland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Myers_City,_South_Dakota" title="Myers City, South Dakota">Myers City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mystic,_South_Dakota" title="Mystic, South Dakota">Mystic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nahant,_South_Dakota" title="Nahant, South Dakota">Nahant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Novak,_South_Dakota" title="Novak, South Dakota">Novak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pactola,_South_Dakota" title="Pactola, South Dakota">Pactola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheridan,_South_Dakota" title="Sheridan, South Dakota">Sheridan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spokane,_South_Dakota" title="Spokane, South Dakota">Spokane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terraville,_South_Dakota" title="Terraville, South Dakota">Terraville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tigerville,_South_Dakota" title="Tigerville, South Dakota">Tigerville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tinton,_South_Dakota" title="Tinton, South Dakota">Tinton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trojan,_South_Dakota" title="Trojan, South Dakota">Trojan</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Modern</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fossil_Cycad_National_Monument" title="Fossil Cycad National Monument">Fossil Cycad National Monument (1922–1957)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stratobowl" title="Stratobowl">Stratobowl (1934–1959)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_Black_Hills_flood" title="1972 Black Hills flood">Black Hills flood (1972)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_Jasper_Fire" title="2000 Jasper Fire">2000 Jasper Fire</a></li> <li>Sculptors <a href="/wiki/Gutzon_Borglum" title="Gutzon Borglum">Gutzon Borglum</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lincoln_Borglum" title="Lincoln Borglum">Lincoln Borglum</a></li> <li>Author <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Bottum_(author)" title="Joseph Bottum (author)">Joseph Bottum</a></li> <li>Politician <a href="/wiki/Francis_Case" title="Francis Case">Francis Case</a></li> <li>Poet <a href="/wiki/Charles_Badger_Clark" title="Charles Badger Clark">Charles Badger Clark</a></li> <li>Historian <a href="/wiki/Watson_Parker" title="Watson Parker">Watson Parker</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Transit</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rapid_City_Rapid_Ride" title="Rapid City Rapid Ride">Rapid City Rapid Ride</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jefferson_Lines" title="Jefferson Lines">Jefferson Lines</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Road junctions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cheyenne_Crossing,_South_Dakota" title="Cheyenne Crossing, South Dakota">Cheyenne Crossing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Four_Corners,_Wyoming" title="Four Corners, Wyoming">Four Corners</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Four_Mile,_South_Dakota" title="Four Mile, South Dakota">Four Mile</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keystone_Wye" title="Keystone Wye">Keystone Wye</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maverick_Junction,_South_Dakota" title="Maverick Junction, South Dakota">Maverick Junction</a></li> <li><a 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Mundt National Wildlife Refuge">Karl E. Mundt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lacreek_National_Wildlife_Refuge" title="Lacreek National Wildlife Refuge">Lacreek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Andes_National_Wildlife_Refuge" title="Lake Andes National Wildlife Refuge">Lake Andes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madison_Wetland_Management_District" title="Madison Wetland Management District">Madison WMD</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sand_Lake_National_Wildlife_Refuge" title="Sand Lake National Wildlife Refuge">Sand Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sand_Lake_Wetland_Management_District" title="Sand Lake Wetland Management District">Sand Lake WMD</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waubay_National_Wildlife_Refuge" title="Waubay National Wildlife Refuge">Waubay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waubay_Wetland_Management_District" title="Waubay Wetland Management District">Waubay WMD</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#bbeb85;"><a href="/wiki/National_Wilderness_Preservation_System" title="National Wilderness Preservation System">National Wilderness Areas</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Badlands_Wilderness" class="mw-redirect" title="Badlands Wilderness">Badlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Elk_Wilderness" title="Black Elk Wilderness">Black Elk</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#bbeb85;"><a href="/wiki/National_Wild_and_Scenic_Rivers_System" title="National Wild and Scenic Rivers System">National Wild and Scenic Rivers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Missouri_River" title="Missouri River">Missouri River</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#bbeb85;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_South_Dakota_state_parks" title="List of South Dakota state parks">State</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#bbeb85;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_South_Dakota_state_parks" title="List of South Dakota state parks">State Parks</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bear_Butte" title="Bear Butte">Bear Butte</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Custer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fisher_Grove_State_Park" title="Fisher Grove State Park">Fisher Grove</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Sisseton" title="Fort Sisseton">Fort Sisseton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Good_Earth_State_Park" title="Good Earth State Park">Good Earth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hartford_Beach_State_Park" title="Hartford Beach State Park">Hartford Beach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Herman_State_Park" title="Lake Herman State Park">Lake Herman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newton_Hills_State_Park" title="Newton Hills State Park">Newton Hills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oakwood_Lakes_State_Park" title="Oakwood Lakes State Park">Oakwood Lakes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palisades_State_Park" title="Palisades State Park">Palisades</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roy_Lake_State_Park" title="Roy Lake State Park">Roy Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sica_Hollow_State_Park" title="Sica Hollow State Park">Sica Hollow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Union_Grove_State_Park_(South_Dakota)" title="Union Grove State Park (South Dakota)">Union Grove</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#bbeb85;">State Recreation Areas</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Angostura_Recreation_Area" title="Angostura Recreation Area">Angostura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Big_Sioux_Recreation_Area" title="Big Sioux Recreation Area">Big Sioux</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Burke_Lake_Recreation_Area&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Burke Lake Recreation Area (page does not exist)">Burke Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Buryanek_Recreation_Area&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Buryanek Recreation Area (page does not exist)">Buryanek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_White_Crane_Recreation_Area" title="Chief White Crane Recreation Area">Chief White Crane</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cow_Creek_Recreation_Area&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cow Creek Recreation Area (page does not exist)">Cow Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Farm_Island_Recreation_Area" title="Farm Island Recreation Area">Farm Island</a></li> <li><a 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