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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OHJ_theodore-roosevelt_Keystone-SD.html
Born: October 27, 1858, New York, New York Married: Alice Hathaway Lee (1861-1884), October 27, 1880; Edith Kermit Carow (1861-1848), December 2, 1886 Children: Alice, Theodore, Jr., Kermit, Ethel, Archibald, Quentin Died: January 6, 1919, O…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OHH_the-pigtail-bridges_Keystone-SD.html
In 1932, Cecil Clyde Gideon, forged ahead with the design of the Pigtail Bridges when many felt it couldn't be done. C.C., as he was called, was a pioneer in the Black Hills, making his mark as a master builder, architect, craftsman, lawman, highw…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OGW_abraham-lincoln_Keystone-SD.html
Born: February 12, 1809, in a log cabin in Harden (now Larue) County, Kentucky Married: Mary Todd (1818-1882), November 4, 1842 Children: Robert Todd, Edward Baker, William Wallace, and Thomas "Tad" Died: April 15, 1865, Washington, D.C., h…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OGU_george-washington_Keystone-SD.html
Born: February 22, 1732, Westmoreland County, Virginia Married: Martha Danbridge Curtis, (1732-1802), January 6, 1759 Children: John and Martha Curtis (adopted) Died: December 14, 1799, at Mount Vernon, Virginia Education: No formal educat…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CGN_the-black-hills-central-railroad_Hill-City-SD.html
The Black Hills Central Railroad has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior 1893
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CGD_rockwell-b-1b-lancer_Box-Elder-SD.html
The B-1A was initially developed in the 1970s as a replacement for the B-52. Four prototypes of his long -range, high speed strategic bomber were developed and tested but the program was canceled in 1977 before going into production. The B-1B is a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19KM_high-security_Wall-SD.html
The fence in front of you once guarded the Delta-09 Launch Facility which held a Minuteman II intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). During the Cold War, anyone or anything that crossed this fence was in serious trouble. Standing orders meant …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM166O_journey-to-wounded-knee_Wall-SD.html
Journey to Wounded Knee-December 24, 1890 a bitter Christmas Eve wind rattled the wagon in which Minneconjou Chief Big Foot lay waiting while his people cleared a pass down the Badlands Wall. Several hours of hard work with axes and spades made th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMX4L_gutzon-borglum_Keystone-SD.html
His birthplace was Idaho. California first taught him art. Then France, who first gave him fame. England welcomed him. America called him home. His genius for the exquisite as for the colossal, gave permanence on canvas, in bronze, in marble, to m…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOS2_water-for-a-thirsty-west_Rapid-City-SD.html
By the mid-20th century, water in the West did more than irrigate 160 acre patches of alfalfa. Water flowed as the life blood of cities, private industries, and military bases. Droughts during the 1930s illustrated that Rapid City could not depend…
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