In 1989, inspection of the Lake Ilo dam found that critical maintenance was needed. A notch cut into the spillway lowered the water about 7 feet so the work could be completed. The exposed lake bed revealed remarkable discoveries and mysteries of . . . — — Map (db m153143) HM
Chelsey and Polly Dinkins played a major role in the construction and operation of this dam and National Wildlife Refuge known as Lake Ilo.
Chelsey Dinkins was the foreman of the Works Progress Administrations (WPA) crew that built the dam in . . . — — Map (db m152944) HM
On July 28, 1864, a U.S. military force, commanded by General Alfred Sully, attacked several groups of the Dakota, Nakota, and Lakota (Sioux) Nations camped at this location. Major Sioux leaders included Medicine Bear and Sitting Bull. Sully's . . . — — Map (db m285850) HM
More than a few ranchers have probably had to look for a lost cow in this country, but few people would
suppose that even the world's most famous badlands were a place where you could lose a bridge.
A new bridge was built just downstream from . . . — — Map (db m252889) HM
Three panels make up this marker
Rodeo!
Modern rodeo is big business, but at its heart rodeo is still a working class sport of small western towns, dusty pickup trucks and cowboys doing the things they love to do.
The . . . — — Map (db m252892) HM
