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Badlands National Park (Lakota: Makȟóšiča [3]) is a national park of the United States in southwestern South Dakota. The park protects 242,756 acres (379.3 sq mi; 982.4 km 2 ) [ 1 ] of sharply eroded buttes and pinnacles , along with the largest undisturbed mixed grass prairie in the United States.
Badlands National Park is established on November 10. 1980. Significant abandonment of unprofitable rail lines in the state occurs. [9] 1981. Citibank moves its credit card operations from New York City to Sioux Falls, leading to significant expansion of the financial industry in the state. [10] 1988
November 10 – Theodore Roosevelt and Badlands National Park is established. November 17 – The Star Wars Holiday Special airs on CBS; this is its first and only airing. November 18 – Mass murder/suicide of 909 Americans in Jonestown, Guyana under the direction of Jim Jones. November 19 – The first U.S.
More than 1 million people visited Badlands National Park last year. Here's why you may want to consider joining them. ... Badlands National Monument was officially established on Jan. 25, 1939 ...
1938 poster promoting Yellowstone National Park, the first national park in the world Interactive map (incomplete) of the National Parks of the United States. The United States has 63 national parks , which are congressionally designated protected areas operated by the National Park Service , an agency of the Department of the Interior . [ 1 ]
Two national parks have been established in South Dakota, both of which are located in the southwestern part of the state. Badlands National Park was created in 1978. [58] The park features a highly eroded, brightly colored landscape surrounded by semi-arid grasslands. [59] Wind Cave National Park, established in 1903 in the Black Hills ...
Badlands National Park — a U.S. national park located in western South Dakota; Pages in category "Badlands National Park" The following 8 pages are in this category ...
The county lies entirely within the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation and contains part of Badlands National Park. It is one of five South Dakota counties entirely on an Indian reservation. [6] The county is named after the Oglala Lakota, a band of the Lakota people. Many of the county's inhabitants are members of this sub-tribe.