This paper provides a brief background of how one man’s idea of attracting tourist to the Black Hills area in South Dakota, transformed into an iconic National symbol that attracts over 2.5 million visitors a year. Similarly, we will also review the combination of ingenious and primitive engineering techniques used to remove almost 450,000 tons of granite during the 14 year project. We will also explore the background of the artist, Gutzon Borglum, a renowned sculptor and artist, who made carving
The Black Hills Institution in South Dakota has the rights to own Sue. They found her, claimed her, and even paid for her, meaning that the government should have nothing to do with who the owns her. In 1990, at the Ruth Mason Dinosaur Quarry in South Dakota, paleontologist Susan Hendrickson Ph.D., discovered some fossil bones on the side of a cliff. Her co-worker and one of the founders of The Black Hill Institution, Peter Larson, a paleontologist, helped uncover what was known as a Tyrannosaurus
The Black Hills Expedition of 1874: How did the Black Hills Expedition of 1874 influence the development of the Black Hills? Many places not only in South Dakota, but around the world are affected by the events of Custer and his company. George Armstrong Custer became well known because of his 1874 expedition, when he discovered gold. The discovery of gold in the Black Hills affected the United States and the world for over the next 100 years after his discovery. Homestake Mine in Lead, South Dakota
group’s identity as a people. One such group is the Teton Lakota of the Sioux Nation in South Dakota, an area that has been home to them for hundreds of years and, while their entire homeland is precious to them, of particular importance are the Black Hills, or Paha Sapa as they are called in Lakota. The Black Hills are an isolated mountain range rising 3000 to 4000 feet above the surrounding plains of South Dakota, Wyoming, and Montana (Sundstrom et al. 1996). The importance of this land to the Sioux
Skylar Cashin Colleen Goodrich American Environmental History 2 May 2016 The Great Sioux Nation Among the great native tribes that called the Americas their home, none are as iconic in American culture than the Native Americans of the great plains. Among these tribes, there arose the Great Sioux Nation, one of the largest and most powerful of them all. They seem to have had a deep connection with and have held a gentle balance with nature that few cultures throughout human history have seemed to
Amie Hadley Period: 6 Mrs.Howsden Geology Research Project Devils tower is a geological formation in our nation’s first national park. The tower is a rock formation known as a laccolithic butte. Laccolithic is a term used for large masses of rocks which were made of magma, typically under ground between rock strata. Most laccoliths are round and dome shaped, but devils tower has been eroded to the point of having a flat top and very steep sides. There is also no evidence of volcanic activity
Last summer Lily and her family took a trip to Wyoming and South Dakota. They went to Yellowstone, Devils Tower, Black Hills and Mt. Rushmore. At the end of the school year Lily’s parents told all the kids that they will be going to South Dakota in a big RV in July. It was a couple months away, but they were excited. A month later they found the RV they wanted. “ Why don’t we go to Yellowstone to.” said Lily’s Dad. There plan was to leave got a week and be able to see everything they wanted
Mount Rushmore In the Black Hills of South Dakota, there is a monument that is dedicated to four of the most influential figures in American history. George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, and Theodore Roosevelt are names that still to this day trigger thoughts of greatness and awe-inspiring men. All four of these men were presidents of the United States. They each had a signature style or brought a particular ideal the American forefront. George Washington was known as the "father
The history between Native Americans and Americans is harsh. Native Americans have been pushed off of their land by Americans and put into smaller reservations. The united states have enforced a number of treaties trying to better the relationship but it has oppressed Natives. Recently the united states were plaining to build an oil pipeline that would run through native land and the native Americans did not want the pipeline to be built. So this created more tension between the two. History of
States settlers exemplified structural racism through Manifest Destiny and it has now become the main issue within the Dakota Pipeline project. Structural racism is the unjust treatment of minorities by the Government. It is important to understand the past to show how unchanging government policies continue to discriminate against Native Americans. The current debate of whether the Dakota Pipeline is a legal and fair installation goes beyond the oil industry and ultimately addresses the much larger issue