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The Black Hills are in the southwestern part of South Dakota. Mount Rushmore is located in Black Hills, South Dakota.
South Dakota
The US state of South Dakota is south of the US state of North Dakota.
The US state of North Dakota is north of South Dakota.
Yankton, South Dakota is on the border of South Dakota and Nebraska as are North Siuox City and Dakota Dunes, South Dakota. Big Stone City, South Dakota is on the border of South Dakota and Minnesota. Lemmon, South Dakota is located on the border of South Dakota and North Dakota.
North Dakota and South Dakota were both part of the Dakota Territory. The Dakota Territory was split into the states of North Dakota and South Dakota when President Benjamin Harrison signed proclamations in Washington, DC, on November 2, 1889, formally admitting both North Dakota and South Dakota to the union. President Harrison had the papers shuffled so that no one would know which proclamation was signed first.
South Dakota did not have any 'colonial days' because South Dakota was not a colony. South Dakota was part of the Dakota Territory, so South Dakota had 'territorial days'.
At the time it was called Dakota Territory. Today, we know it as South Dakota.
North Dakota is up by the border of Canada, Wyoming is just next to South Dakota.
South Dakota's origin means how the state of South Dakota got its start. South Dakota was a part of the Dakota Territory. South Dakota became a US state in 1889.
North Dakota is north of South Dakota.