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The Thomsen Center Archeodrome at Mitchell (pop. 14,386) has artifacts and life-size reproductions illustrating the lives of Native Americans who lived in the area a thousand years ago.

first appeared: 1/14/2001

Several older buildings in Sioux Falls are faced with dark pink/red quartzite, which at 1.2 billion years old is among of the oldest rock in North America.

first appeared: 1/7/2001

George S. McGovern, the 1972 Democratic nominee for president, was born July 19, 1922, in Avon (pop. 584). He served as South Dakota's U.S. senator from 1962 to 1980.

first appeared: 12/31/2000

More than 10,000 musical instruments are part of the collection at America's Shrine to Music Museum at the University of South Dakota in Vermillion (pop. 10,521).

first appeared: 12/24/2000

The prairie rattlesnake is the only venomous snake native to South Dakota.

first appeared: 12/17/2000

Petrified Wood Park in Lemmon (pop. 1,441) contains 50-million-year-old fossilized remains arranged in unusual forms such as castle and cone-shaped pyramids.

first appeared: 12/10/2000

NBC news anchor Tom Brokaw was born in Webster (pop. 1,900) on Feb. 6, 1940, and graduated from the University of South Dakota.

first appeared: 12/3/2000

Murals at the Corn Palace in Mitchell (pop. 14,191) are made of thousands of bushels of corn, wheat, rye, and other grains and grasses, and depict important facets of life in South Dakota. Local artists recreate the murals each year.

first appeared: 11/26/2000

Jewel Cave near Custer (pop. 1,800) is the third-longest cave in the world, with more than 120 miles surveyed thus far.

first appeared: 11/19/2000

The Chinese ring-necked pheasant is the state bird. It was introduced to South Dakota in 1898 and is easily recognized by its colorful plumage. It also is known for its delicious table fare.

first appeared: 11/12/2000

Published since 1861, The Yankton Daily Press & Dakotan is the first and oldest daily newspaper in the state.

first appeared: 11/5/2000

Clark, (pop. 1,302) the self-proclaimed Potato Capital of South Dakota, hosts a mashed potato wrestling contest each July during its Potato Days celebration.

first appeared: 10/22/2000

Five tribes of the Sioux Nation, which long dominated the Great Plains, still have land or reservations along the Missouri River in South Dakota. They are the Yankton Sioux, Crow Creek Sioux, Lower Brule Sioux, Cheyenne River Sioux, and the Standing Rock Sioux.

first appeared: 10/8/2000

The black-footed ferret, considered the most endangered land mammal in North America, is returning to the wild with reintroductions in Buffalo Gap National Grasslands and Badlands National Park. The species was thought to be extinct until a small population was discovered near Meeteetse, Wyo., in 1981.

first appeared: 9/24/2000

Hubert Horatio Humphrey was born in Wallace on May 27, 1911. Humphrey was mayor of Minneapolis before serving as a U.S. senator from Minnesota and vice president under Lyndon Johnson from 1964-68.

first appeared: 9/10/2000

Sturgis (pop. 4,964) is home to an annual motorcycle rally that got its start in 1938 when J.C. “Pappy” Hoel, a local motorcycle shop owner, and some friends came up with the idea of holding a motorcycle race and stunt competition.

first appeared: 8/27/2000

A memorial to American Indian leader Crazy Horse, begun more than 50 years ago, is still being sculpted from a mountain in the Black Hills. Ground was broken last year on a new $1.6 million visitor center near the memorial site.

first appeared: 8/13/2000

Mitchell is home to the world’s only Corn Palace, an exposition hall whose exterior is decorated every year with new murals depicting South Dakota life. The murals are made of thousands of bushels of corn, oats, wheat, and other grains and grasses.

first appeared: 7/30/2000

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