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| South Dakota Facts |
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Brookings is the home of South Dakota State University, the state's largest university, with 8100 students, and a staff of nearly 2000. |
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Mato Paha "Sacred Mountain" is the origin of many Native American legends. Rising 1400 feet above the surrounding prairie near Sturgis, South Dakota and standing all by itself, Bear Butte isn't hard to find. It was used as a landmark by the plains Indians |
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The faces of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln are sculpted into Mount Rushmore located in South Dakota the world's greatest mountain carving. |
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