South Dakota Written by Larry and Nathaniel

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South DakotaWritten by Larry and Nathaniel

• The word Dakota means friend.
• South Dakota was admitted to the United States on
  November 2 ,1889 .
• The highest point in South Dakota is Harney Peak.
  It is 7,242 feet above sea level.
• The lowest point is Big Stone Lake. It is 962
  feet above sea level.

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Major Industries

• Farming grain, cattle (beef and hogs)
• Manufacturing processed food products, meat
  packing, tools and machinery
• Mining gold, silver,mica, and oil

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Tourist Attractions

• Mount Rushmore heads of four presidents-George
  Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt,
  and Abraham Lincoln
• Crazy Horse Memorial in Custer, South Dakota
• Badlands National Park, southwest between the
  White and Cheyenne rivers..
  
  

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Famous People

• Sitting Bull- Sioux Indian, fought in a battle
  when he was fourteen.
• Hubert Humphrey- born in Wallace, South Dakota,
  became vice president of United States .
• George McGovern, born in Avon, South Dakota, was
  a famous pilot during World War 11. He became
  senator in 1962.

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States That Border

• East Minnesota and Iowa
• West Montana and Wyoming
• North North Dakota
• South Nebraska

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Mount Rushmore National Memorial

• The heads of four presidents are carved in the
  mountain George Washington, Thomas Jefferson,
  Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln.

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South Dakota

• The state insect is the Honey Bee.