207 entries match your criteria. Entries 201 through 207 are listed.
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Custer is the county seat for Custer County
201 ► South Dakota, Custer County, Hot Springs — Paha Sapa Limestone — Wind Cave National Park — Natinal Park Service — |
All Black Hills caves have formed in this layer 300 to 600 feet thick. Originally it was laid down on a shallow seabottom about 300 million years ago. Its name derives from the Lakota word meaning "Black Hills". — — Map (db m70978) HM |
202 ► South Dakota, Custer County, Hot Springs — Stephen Tyng Mather — July 4, 1867 — Jan. 22, 1930 — |
He laid the foundation of the National Park Service, defining and establishing the policies under which its areas shall be developed and conserved unimpaired for future generations. There will never come an end to the good that he has done. — — Map (db m234600) HM |
203 ► South Dakota, Custer County, Hot Springs — The CCC's Enduring Legacy — Wind Cave National Park — |
The Civilian Conservation Corps established a camp here during the Great Depression of the 1930s to make improvements to the park. This camp employed 200 men at a time and provided much needed jobs and training. Over an eight-year period, the young . . . — — Map (db m70977) HM |
204 ► South Dakota, Custer County, Hot Springs — Vanishing Prairie — Wind Cave National Park — |
Wind Cave National Park harbors a fragment of an endangered ecosystem, a remnant of the native grasslands that once stretched from Indiana to the Rocky Mountains, from southern Canada to the Gulf of Mexico. In fewer than 100 years, the Great Plains . . . — — Map (db m234694) HM |
205 ► South Dakota, Custer County, Keystone — 536 — The Pigtail Bridges — |
In 1932, Cecil Clyde Gideon, forged ahead with the design of the Pigtail Bridges when many felt it couldn’t be done. C.C., as he was called, was a pioneer in the Black Hills, making his mark as a master builder, architect, craftsman, lawman, highway . . . — — Map (db m89460) HM |
206 ► South Dakota, Custer County, Pringle — Discover the Black Hills National Forest — |
Left Panel: National Forests ~ An American Legacy In 1891, Congress passed legislation to establish Forest Reserves (now called National Forests) to restore eastern lands damaged by deforestation and disastrous floods; and to . . . — — Map (db m184800) HM |
207 ► South Dakota, Custer County, Pringle, West Custer Township — Early Game Preserve — Wind Cave National Park — |
The valley in front of you is the site of the Wind Cave National Game Preserve, which was established in 1912 to reintroduce bison to the area. About 4,000 acres were enclosed to receive 20 bison from the New York Zoological Society and Yellowstone . . . — — Map (db m234681) HM |
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