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The 1902 Redfield (pop. 2,897) Public Library is the state’s oldest Carnegie library in continuous use as a library.

first appeared: 9/21/2003

The state leads the nation in percentage of centenarians with one in 3,056 residents age 100 or older.

first appeared: 9/14/2003

Opened in 1875, Yankton (pop. 13,528) High School became the first high school in the Dakotas.

first appeared: 9/7/2003

Rick Heintzman of Onaka (pop. 30) is among the nation’s leading flaxseed producers and targeted health-conscious consumers by selling the world’s first food with a before-and-after cholesterol testing kit.

first appeared: 8/31/2003

The 30-foot-tall Thunderhead Underground Falls is 600 feet inside a gold mine in the Black Hills near Rapid City (pop. 59,607).

first appeared: 8/24/2003

Pro Football Hall of Famer Norm Van Brocklin, quarterback for the Los Angeles Rams (1949-1957) and Philadelphia Eagles (1958-1960), held the NFL passing record for three years and punting record for two. He was born in 1926 in Eagle Butte (pop. 619).

first appeared: 8/17/2003

Phosphates, sodas, and rockets (vertical banana splits) are served at Edgar’s Ol’ Fashioned Soda Fountain in Elk Point (pop. 1,714).

first appeared: 8/10/2003

A record 64 tornadoes touched down in the state in 1965. The yearly average is 25.

first appeared: 8/3/2003

The 1932 Anne Hathaway Cottage, complete with thatched roof, in Wessington Springs (pop. 1,011) is modeled after the birthplace of William Shakespeare’s wife. Emma Shay, a teacher, traveled to England to research Shakespeare and was inspired to build the cottage and Shakespeare garden.

first appeared: 7/27/2003

Organized in 1875, Yankton (pop. 13,528) High School was the first high school in the Dakotas.

first appeared: 7/20/2003

The state’s oldest restaurant is in the 1903 Franklin Hotel in Deadwood (pop. 1,380).

first appeared: 7/13/2003

David Allan Evans, an author and English professor at South Dakota State University in Brookings (pop. 18,504), was named state poet laureate in 2002.

first appeared: 7/6/2003

In 1902, townspeople met to offer 10 names for their post office, but came up short. Someone suggested they break for tea. Tea (pop. 1,742) it is.

first appeared: 6/29/2003

Many of the late 1800s downtown buildings in Dell Rapids (pop. 2,980) are built of rose-colored quartzite quarried here.

first appeared: 6/22/2003

In 1939, Charles Badger Clark Jr. became the state’s first poet laureate. His cabin, the Badger Hole, is in Custer State Park in Custer (pop. 1,860).

first appeared: 6/15/2003

The nation’s largest volksmarch (organized march), the Crazy Horse Volksmarch, attracts 15,000 hikers the first weekend in June to the Black Hills. This is the only time visitors can hike the mountain where carving began in 1948 on the world’s largest sculpture depicting Lakota leader Crazy Horse.

first appeared: 6/8/2003

The Joseph Nicollet Tower and Interpretive Center in Sisseton (pop. 2,572) is dedicated to the French mapmaker who created the first accurate map of the vast area between the Mississippi and Missouri rivers in 1838-1839.

first appeared: 6/1/2003

From 1887 to 1902, Eureka (pop. 1,101) was the world’s largest primary wheat market, with two-thirds of the world’s wheat shipped from there.

first appeared: 5/25/2003

American Legion Baseball was founded in 1925 in Milbank (pop. 3,640) and is the oldest and largest nationwide high school-age baseball program.

first appeared: 5/18/2003

Built in the 1880s, an English-style windmill used by settlers to grind corn and wheat is the pride of Milbank (pop. 3,640).

first appeared: 5/11/2003

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