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A generation which ignores history has no past -- and no future.

Robert Heinlein

History of South Dakota

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Featured Picture:


Mining Camp scene engraved from photographic image, SD 1876

Biographies:

A Biography of Andrew Ericson Lee

Andrew Ericson Lee, governor of South Dakota, was born near Bergen, Norway, March 18, 1847; son of Erie and Augusta (Anderson) Lee. He emigrated from Norway with his parents in 1851, and settled in Dane county, Wis. He was educated in the public schools of Cambridge and Whitewater, Wis.; was clerk in a store at McGregor, Iowa, 1863-67, and at Madison, Wis., 1867-69, and in 1869 removed to Vermillion, Dak. He was married, Dec. 21, 1872, to Annie M., daughter of Henry N. Chappell, of Rhode Island. He was elected mayor of Vermillion by the Populist party in 1892 and was governor of South Dakota, 1897-1901. In November, 1900, he was defeated for representative in congress.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor



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South Dakota Facts:
Tree: Black Hills spruce
Bird: ring-necked pheasant
Flower: pasqueflower
Nickname: Mount Rushmore State, Coyote State, Sunshine State
Motto: Under God the People Rule
Area (sq. mi.): 77,047
Capitol: Pierre
Admitted: 2 Nov 1889