GC1MMHC South Dakota
Type: Traditional | Size: Micro | Difficulty: | Terrain:
By: Imusttravel2000 @ | Hide Date: 02/12/2009 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N39° 46.450 W104° 46.830 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0
     

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Admission to the Union on November 2, 1889.
40th State

State flower: American Pasque flower
State bird: Ring-neck Pheasant

From Wikipedia encyclopedia.

Mount Rushmore National Memorial in the Black Hills was established in 1925. The sculpture of four U.S. Presidents were carved into the mountainside by sculptor Gutzon Borglum.

The Crazy Horse Memorial is a large mountainside sculpture near Mt. Rushmore that is being constructed with private funds.

An increasing population caused Dakota Territory to be divided in half and a bill for statehood for both Dakotas titled the Enabling Act of 1889 was passed on February 22, 1889 during the Administration of Grover Cleveland.
His successor, Benjamin Harrison, signed proclamations formally admitting both states on November 2, 1889. Harrison had the papers shuffled to obscure from him which he was signing first and the actual order went unrecorded.

On December 29, 1890, the Wounded Knee Massacre occurred on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. Commonly cited as the last major armed conflict between the United States and the Sioux Nation, the massacre resulted in the deaths of an estimated 300 Sioux, many of them women and children. Twenty-five U.S. soldiers were also killed in the conflict. The Wounded Knee area was later the site of a prolonged siege between members of the American Indian Movement and the United States Marshals Service in 1973.

03/04/2019 By TigerFinder
Glad to find this one after arriving home from vacation. The container is in rough shape but the log is fine! TFTC!

02/12/2019 By herndonrd
Out getting the daily cache for the streak and birthday caches. There is a nest of mid-feb caches in the area so guess I will be making almost daily trips. Container is starting to rust pretty badly. TFTC!

01/16/2019 By Cache Dipper
Caching with my bestie!
Thanks for the cache!

01/16/2019 By reforestgrrl
Another park and grab. Nobody around in this area.

11/04/2018 By #1 Beefers
Out with best caching buddy GanderGoose this morning before the game. Game was a disappointment, unlike our caching adventure. Got 21 with no DNFs! Thank you for this placement Imusttravel2000.

08/10/2018 By ecccdc
Walked over from hotel, made quick grab, Signed Log, TFTF

07/19/2018 By Scouting4Ever
Don't know why the previous log says "Gone". I found the cache easily, right where my GPSr (and the hint) said to look. This was my last find of the trip. Time to head to the airport for the flight home. TFTH.

07/19/2018 By cas7796
Gone.

07/02/2018 By Geopokemongo
Found with cejamison4 and BVBfan! TFTC/SL

07/02/2018 By BVBfan!
Found with cejamison4 and Geopokemongo. TFTC/SL