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After a series of devastating wildfires in 1893, U.S. President Grover Cleveland created the Black Hills Forest Reserve on February 22, 1897. [5] U.S. President William McKinley issued a presidential proclamation on September 19, 1898, appending the Black Hills Forest Reserve geographic boundaries while acknowledging the forest preservation decrees established by the Timber Culture Act and ...
Piedmont is located in part of an area referred to as the Red Valley, or Race Track, a rock layer in the Spearfish Formation, which forms a valley circling the Black Hills. [10] [11] It is mostly red shale with beds of gypsum. Piedmont lies west of Interstate 90, north of Summerset, east of the Black Hills National Forest, and south of Elk Creek.
The Black Hills is an isolated mountain range rising from the Great Plains of North America in western South Dakota and extending into Wyoming, United States. [3] Black Elk Peak, which rises to 7,242 feet (2,207 m), is the range's highest summit. [4] The name of the range in Lakota is Pahá Sápa. [5] It encompasses the Black Hills National Forest.
Pages in category "Black Hills National Forest" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. ... Sheridan Lake (South Dakota) Spearfish Canyon;
Pactola Lake is the largest and deepest reservoir in the Black Hills, located 15 miles west of Rapid City, South Dakota, United States.Constructed in 1952, the dam and waters are managed by the Bureau of Reclamation, with the surrounding land managed by the US Forest Service as part of Black Hills National Forest, which operates a visitor center located on the south side of the dam. [2]
Largest single wildfire in South Dakota and Black Hills history, ruled an arson [2] [5] 2001 Elk Mountain II north of Dewey, Black Hills [a] 13,195 acres (5,340 ha) [1] 2001 Rogers Shack south of Jewel Cave, Black Hills: 11,896 acres (4,814 ha) [1] 2001 West Hell between Hot Springs and Edgemont, Black Hills: 10,547 acres (4,268 ha) [1] 0 [6 ...
Mount Theodore Roosevelt Monument, also known as the Roosevelt Friendship Monument or Friendship Tower, [2] located in the Black Hills National Forest on the outskirts of Deadwood, Lawrence County, South Dakota, is a 31-foot stone tower, [3] including the six-foot-high platform, honoring Theodore Roosevelt. It was the first tribute to the ...
South Dakota Highway 79 (SD 79) is a 209-mile (336 km) state highway in western South Dakota, United States, that runs from Maverick Junction near the Black Hills National Forest to the North Dakota state line.