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| South Dakota Facts |
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The first & oldest Dakota daily newspaper, published in 1861 is the Yankton Daily Press & Dakotan. |
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Sculptor Gutzon Borglum began drilling into the 6,200-foot Mount Rushmore located in South Dakota in 1927. Creation of the Shrine to Democracy took 14 years and cost a mere $1 million, though it's now deemed priceless. |
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Sioux Falls, South Dakota exists as a city today because the land speculators who staked town site claims there in 1857 came in search of the cascades of the Big Sioux River. |
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