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| South Dakota Facts |
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South Dakota is the home of the Dakota, Lakota and Nakota tribes, which make up the Sioux Nation. |
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Jack McCall was tried, convicted and hanged two miles north of Yankton, South Dakota in 1877 for the shooting of Wild Bill Hickok. He is buried in an unmarked grave in the Yankton cemetery. |
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The Silent Guide Monument in Philip, South Dakota was built in the late 1800s by a sheepherder to mark a waterhole that never went dry. Made of flat stones, the guide originally stood fourteen feet high, and could be seen as far as thirty five miles away. |
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