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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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Faith, South Dakota is famous to paleontologists. Several Hadrosaur, Edmontosaurus annectens were excavated on a ranch north of Faith and one of the largest, most complete, and best preserved Tyrannosaurus Rex was excavated nearby. |
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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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