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State
The Resume
(November 2, 1889- )
40th state to join
Nickname: The Coyote State
Capital: Pierre
The Arikara and the Plains Native Americans inhabited the territory
Size: 77,047 square miles (ranks 16th)
Motto: Under God The People Rule
Bird: Ring-Necked Pheasant
Flower: American Pasque
Tree: African-American Hills Spruce
Song: Hail, South Dakota
Why South Dakota might be annoying
No one informed the owner of the Nystrom Bank that FDR closed all banks for a bank holiday, so they were the only U.S. bank to stay open.
Motorcyclists converge in Sturgis every year since 1938 (except during two years of WW II).
Temperature ranges from -58ºF (-50ºC) (February 17, 1936) to 120ºF (49ºC) (July 5, 1936).
No one cared to settle there, even with the Homestead Act of 1862, until gold was discovered in the Black Hills (1874).
The American Native American Movement occupied Wounded Knee in South Dakota (February 27, 1973).
Why South Dakota might not be annoying
Two Native American villages, Wounded Knee and Sprained Ankle, are located here.
More gold is mined here than in any other state.
The TV series 'Dakotas' may have been set in South Dakota.
Francois Verendrye buried a lead plate in 1743, it was found and proved the French were the first Europeans in South Dakota (1913).
The largest population of Native Americans dwell in South Dakota, especially The Sioux.
Mostly fur trappers wandered the area and there were no fixtures until the first trading post was built (1817).
Gold prospectors of the 'Great Dakota Boom' kept coming until 1886.
It's namesake, the battleship USS South Dakota is The first US ship to bombard Japan (July 14, 1945).
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