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Located 10 miles (16.1 km) north and one mile (1.6 km) east of Crookston, Nebraska, right north of the state line (at which the Nebraska paved road ends and becomes gravel in South Dakota). The towns (Lakeview and Purewater) are accessible only via dirt roads.
The trail was promoted and supervised by William H. Nobles. Appropriations for the trail were authorized by the U.S. Congress on July 22, 1856. [1] It was the first road built in Dakota Territory. [2] The Fort Ridgely Road began in southwest Minnesota near present-day New Ulm and entered the Dakota Territory near Lake Benton.
Pages in category "Historic trails and roads in South Dakota" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Mystic is located in the Black Hills in Pennington County, South Dakota. It is on Castle Creek, about 20 miles (32 km) west of Rapid City and 12 miles (19 km) north of Hill City, at the intersection of Mystic Road/County Road 231 and George Frink Road. A trailhead located at Mystic provides access to the George S. Mickelson Trail. [3]
The trail starts at Fort Laramie in Wyoming, which is located along the North Platte River. [1] [5] The trail follows Crow Creek to the Latham, Colorado area, where it traversed along the South Platte River. [2] Traveling along the river, four trading posts were built in the late 1830s and are located and are part of the South Platte Trail.
The George S. Mickelson Trail is a rail trail in the Black Hills region of South Dakota. The main trail route extends 108.8 miles (175.1 km), from Edgemont to Deadwood , with approximately nine miles of additional branch trails, including a three-mile (5 km) paved link from Custer to the Custer State Park completed in 2007.
Ericksen, Neil J. “A Tale of Two Cities: Flood History and the Prophetic Past of Rapid City, South Dakota.” Economic Geography 51#4 (1975), pp. 305–20. online; Federal Writers' Project, A South Dakota Guide (1938, 1993 reprint) Fite, Gilbert C. "South Dakota's Rural Credit System: A Venture in State Socialism, 1917–1946."
Sioux Falls, with a population of just over 184,000 in 2019, is the largest city in South Dakota. South Dakota is relatively notable for its lack of large urban centers. Sioux Falls, the largest city in the state, only ranks as the 135th largest in the country, [74] and the state's third-largest city, Aberdeen, has a population of less than 25,000.