SOUTH DAKOTA 



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SOUTH DAKOTA 



dom to talk at meals and during the Sunday 

 social hour is granted, and moving picture 

 shows are given for the prisoners. 



The Land. South Dakota is an undulating 

 plain, rising from the level prairie region of the 

 east to the rough plateaus and buttes of the 

 Black Hills. These hills and mountains^ cov- 

 ered with dense, dark, pine forests, are cut by 

 the magnificent canyons of the North Fork of 

 the Cheyenne River and many mountain 

 streams. Jagged peaks and domelike summits, 

 open parks, thick forests, fantastically shaped 



sandstone, which have the appearance of gi- 

 gantic mushrooms. Most of the region is bare 

 clay of different colors, tan, gray, cream or 

 pale green, but some of the hollows and flat- 

 topped mesas are covered with grass and are 

 used for grazing. Smaller districts of Bad 

 Lands border the Grand, Moreau and Owl 

 rivers. 



The eastern prairies are broken in the north 

 by rounded, wooded hills called the Coteau 

 des Prairies. The central portion of the state 

 is crossed by a table-land known as the Coteau 



SOUTH DAKOTA 



SCALE OF MILES 



OUTLINE MAP OF SOUTH DAKOTA 



Showing boundaries, navigable rivers, chief cities, extent of coal measures, location of gold, silver, 

 lead, copper, tungsten and tin mines, and the highest point of land in the state. 



pinnacles and mesas, caves and lakes afford 

 scenery notable for its wild and .weird beauty. 

 Crystal and Wind caves, Spearfish Canyon, 

 Cathedral Park and the fossil remains at the 

 base of Matties Peak are especially notewor- 

 thy. In these hills Harney Peak, the highest 

 point in the state, rises 7,216 feet. 



There are many isolated clusters of hills in 

 the western and central sections, which are 

 strangely shaped by wind and rain (see ERO- 

 SION ) . Bordering the White River for 120 miles, 

 in the southwest corner of the state, are South 

 Dakota's noted Bad Lands, a maze of curiously- 

 carved ridges and clay mounds from which rise 

 grotesque pinnacles and columns, capped with 



du Missouri. The lowest part of the state lies 

 along the shores of Big Stone Lake on the 

 Minnesota border, where the land is 970 feet 

 above sea level. 



Rivers and Lakes. The Missouri, crossing 

 the central section of the state in a southeast- 

 erly direction, is South Dakota's largest river. 

 Near the eastern border it is joined by the 

 James River, which rises in North Dakota. 

 Another tributary, the Big Sioux, forms the 

 boundary between South Dakota and Iowa. 

 The Grand, Owl, Cheyenne and White rivers 

 rise in the hills of the extreme western part of 

 the state and flow east through deep, narrow 

 canyons to the Missouri. The largest of these 



