The land that makes up South Dakota has existed since the creation of the surface of the earth. Native peoples occupied these lands for tens of thousands of years before the first white settlers arrived in the area.
In 1679, the first Caucasian people reached what is now South Dakota, and they were French explorers.
In the Black Hills.
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.
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'.
Gold was found in the Black Hills of South Dakota in July of 1874. Two miners attached to the Custer Expedition of 1874 uncovered small quantities of gold along French Creek, near present day Custer, South Dakota.
North Dakota is up by the border of Canada, Wyoming is just next to South Dakota.
It is an analogy. North Carolina is to South Carolina as North Dakota is 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.
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