South Dakota By Grace Lindsey

South Dakota Symbols

State Symbols State Bird=Chinese Ring-Necked Pheasant State Flag= State Motto=Under God the People Rule State Tree=Black Hills Spruce State Flower=American Pasqueflower State Animal=Coyote State Fish=Walleye State Gemstone=Fairburn agate State Colors=Blue and Gold State Mineral=Rose Quartz State Grass=Western Wheat Grass State Insect=Honeybee State Song=Hail, South Dakota

Health, wealth, and beauty, That’s what makes her grand, State Flag State Bird State Flower State Song Hail! South Dakota, A great State of land, Health, wealth, and beauty, That’s what makes her grand, She has her Black Hills, And mines with gold so rare, And with her scenery, No state can compare State Gemstone State Mineral State Insect State Fish

Population, License Plate, And Quarter

Population Population- July 1st 2015= About 858,469 People in South Dakota Population- 1991=About 276,015 people in South Dakota

License Plate and Quarter License Plate And State Quarter Information 2B9 816 21G 889 2016 License Plate 4AA 656 12-2050 Every License Plate has those numbers and letters and hyphens so every car can be identified because every car and car owner are different and for security reasons. The State Quarter has Mount Rushmore on it because Mount Rushmore is a famous monument.

Major Attractions and What to do in South Dakota

Major Attractions Some major attractions in South Dakota are Corn Palace, Mount Rushmore, Needle’s Eye, Wall Drug, Custer State Park, Crazy Horse, Badlands, and the Black Hills. Crazy Horse, Needle’s Eye, and Mount Rushmore are monuments. Crazy Horse is still being carved, Mount Rushmore is already carved, and Needles Eye has been done for a long time.

What to do in South Dakota There are tons to do in South Dakota… -1880’s Train -Mount Rushmore -Crazy Horse -Custer Park -Horseback riding -Wall Drug -Hiking -Bad Lands -Black Hills -Zip lining -Spelunking(Cave exploring) -Museums(Wax, Dino, Reptile) -Bear Country -Laura Ingalls Wilder’s House and more -Fairs -Festivals

Bad Lands =====Custer State Park===== Black Hills ======The Corn Palace=====

The National Presidential Wax Museum

Borders and Famous People

Borders North Dakota on the north Minnesota and Iowa on the east Nebraska on the south Montana and Wyoming on the west

Famous People Crazy Horse Laura Ingalls Wilder Korczak Ziolkowski Red Cloud-(1822-1909) 75 years old; Oglala Chief; Forced US Army troops to abandon forts and roads Sitting Bull-(1834?-1890) about 56 years old; Born NEAR Grand River; Traveled with Buffalo Bills Wild West Show Gall-(1840?-1894) about 54 years old; Born NEAR Moreau River; Helped influence his people to let government educate their kids George Lee (Sparky) Anderson-(1934-2010) 76 years old; Led Cincinnati Reds to 2 world series; Born in Bridgewater; Crazy Horse-(1849?-1957) About 108 years old; Died resisting arrest; Monument carving after him by a German man(Gutzon Borglum) Laura Ingalls Wilder-(1867-1957) 90 years old; Wrote ‘Little House on the Prairie’ and 7 other ‘Little House’ books Korczak Ziolkowski-(1909-1982) 73 years old; Worked on Mount Rushmore; Worked on Crazy Horse; Worked on Sitting Bull

Fun Facts

Fun Facts (AKA) Coyote State because coyotes roam the lands Bison also roam the Great Plains The state capital is Pierre since 1890 and still is now The Bison were nearly extinct by the 1880’s Nicknames are ‘Sun Shine State’ and ‘Coyote State’ Origin name for both North and South Dakota came from the Sioux Indians who named themselves ‘Dakota’, which means allies Statehood-November 2nd, 1889 fortieth state

Fun Facts Korczak Ziolkowski started to carve the BIG Crazy House monument on Thunderhead Mountain Gutzon Borglum started to carve Mount Rushmore(George W., Thomas J., Abraham L., and Theodore R.) in 1927 Borglum died in 1941, so his son directed the project(Lincoln) Korczak was working on Crazy Horse monument at Thunderhead Mountain which is 17 miles away from Mount Rushmore Crazy Horse Monument- 563ft high x 641ft long

Governor And Natural Resources And Brief Geography

Governor Dennis Martin Daugaard 32nd Governor Age-63 years old Born-June 11, 1953

Brief Geography Hilly Lots of mountains

Natural Resources Gold- Soft yellow metallic chemical elements used especially in coins and jewelry Petroleum- A raw oil that is obtained from wells in the ground and is the source of gasoline, kerosene, and fuel oils Silver- $500,000 worth is mined each year

South Dakota, a wonderful place to go Bibliography https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Daugaard https://www.usmint.gov/mint_programs/50sq_program/?action=de signs_50sq http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml http://www.worldlicenseplates.com/ Clip art provided by PowerPoint South Dakota, a wonderful place to go