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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 .
Richardson's ground squirrel (Urocitellus richardsonii), also known as the dakrat or flickertail, is a North American ground squirrel in the genus Urocitellus.Like a number of other ground squirrels, they are sometimes called prairie dogs or gophers, though the latter name belongs more strictly to the pocket gophers of family Geomyidae, and the former to members of the genus Cynomys.
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.
An 1883 map shows this town at the headwaters of a creek, which branches off of the Bear Butte Creek, below Sturgis. The map is rather inaccurate, but it shows the town about 4 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles (7.2 km) S-W of Sturgis, on a line between Sturgis and Lead. Sheridan: Golden City: Pennington: fall 1875-after 1930: Barren (submerged) Submerged under ...
The thirteen-lined ground squirrel (Ictidomys tridecemlineatus), also known as the striped gopher, leopard ground squirrel, and squinny (formerly known as the leopard-spermophile in the age of Audubon), is a ground squirrel that is widely distributed over grasslands and prairies of North America.
Gophers have small eyes and a short, hairy tail, which they use to feel around tunnels when they walk backwards. Pocket gophers have often been found to carry external parasites including, most commonly, lice, but also ticks, fleas, and mites. [8] Common predators of the gopher include weasels, snakes, and hawks. [10]
The center is named for South Dakota Governor and Senator Peter Norbeck. Many of the park's naturalist programs begin at the center. Badger Hole, also known as Badger Clark Historical Site, was the home of Charles Badger Clark (1883–1957), who was named South Dakota's first Poet Laureate in 1937 [8] and was noted for his cowboy poetry. The ...
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.