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| South Dakota (Butte County), Belle Fourche — Lasting Legacy | | | Dedicated July 3, 1989
to
Celebrate a Century
State of South Dakota
Belle Fourche area
1889-1989 — Map (db m4612) | | South Dakota (Butte County), Belle Fourche — Sheepherder's Monuments | | | Sheepherder's Monuments or stone Johnnies survive the day of the open range. These stone columns were probably built to indicate distance and direction to waterholes and provided the sheepherder with a pastime while tending his flock. — Map (db m4564) | | South Dakota (Butte County), Belle Fourche — Welcome to Belle Fourche — The Geo Center of the U.S. | | | In 1959 following the admission of Alaska and Hawaii to the Union, the U.S. Coast and Geodetic survey officially designated a point 20 miles north of Belle Fourche, South Dakota as the Geographic Center of the Nation.
Entry of Alaska and Hawaii as states moved the site from its old position in Smith Center Kansas to Butte County, South Dakota.
The U.S. Coast and Geodetic survey announced that the location of the new center is at Latitude 44 degrees, 58 minutes North, and Longitude 103 degrees, 46 minutes West. — Map (db m4867) |
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