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Discoveries America South Dakota DVD
In
South Dakota
they don’t just carve stone, they carve entire mountains! In the
Black Hills, Mt. Rushmore is
one of the great icons of America. A few miles away, is a work in
progress, The Crazy Horse Memorial. The dreams of man manifested by the
determination of a single family’s hard work & perseverance. One of the
greatest events of the year, takes place in Custer State Park. The annual
Buffalo Roundup attracts over 8000 spectators to watch the display of
cowboys on horseback (and in a wide variety of other vehicles) herd 1500
of the stubborn beasts to the pens for sorting, vaccination and potential
sale. Once out of the
Black Hills among the
prairies is ranching and farming country. A must see is Wall Drug in Wall,
the Pioneer Auto Show in Murdo, Hansen Carriages in Letcher, Laura Ingalls
Wilder’s childhood home in De Smet, Terry Redlin Art Gallery in Watertown
and the Corn Palace in Mitchell. October is pheasant season, a monument to
which is the World’s Largest Pheasant in Huron, which is also home to “the
city of murals”. Pheasant hunters from all over flock to this area to
pursue the state bird, the Chinese ring neck pheasant.
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