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Pierre is the state capital, and Brookings and Vermillion are the locations of the state's two largest universities (South Dakota State University and University of South Dakota, respectively). With a population of about 14,000, Pierre is the second smallest state capital in the United States. [ 200 ]
South Dakota State University (SDSU or SD State) is a public land-grant research university in Brookings, South Dakota, United States. Founded in 1881, it is the state's largest university and is the second oldest continually operating university in the state, trailing the University of South Dakota which was founded in 1862. [ 6 ]
Howe, Jenika. "Power in the pasture: Energy and the history of ranching in western South Dakota" (Diss. Colorado State University, 2012) online; Karolevitz, Robert F. Challenge: The South Dakota Story (Brevet Press, 1975) Kumlien, Wendell Frichiof, and Howard M. Sauer. "Population Migration To and from South Dakota: 1930–1940." (1940) online.
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South Dakota State Historical Society founded May 7, 1862. Great Indian Outbreak in Minnesota, August 18. The Amidons massacred at Sioux Falls. Settlers flee in wild panic. Stockade at Yankton. All men called to arms. Crow Creek Reservation established. The Homestead Act of 1862 provides ownership of South Dakota land to people who farm it for ...
"South Dakota at 125: Interpreting the Past, Assessing the Present, and Imagining the Future". The Great War and the Northern Plains. Schell, Herbert S. (2004). History of South Dakota. Pierre, SD: South Dakota State Historical Society Press. ISBN 0-9715171-3-4. Thompson, Harry F. (ed.) (2009). A New South Dakota History (Second ed.).
Dakota State University was founded in 1881, eight years before South Dakota became a state. It has been through several name changes: 1881—Madison Normal School or Dakota State Normal, and was the first school dedicated to training teachers in the Dakota Territory. 1902—Madison State Normal School [8]
The SDSL is a division of the Department of Education and is governed by the seven-member South Dakota State Library Board. [1] SDSL manages the Braille and Talking Book Library (est. 1968), provides a wide variety of online research and educational resources, and provide reference and research for state agencies.