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Entries Containing All of the Phrases «pennington county» AND «south dakota»

This list will also include matches for inflectional* forms of the words.
 
Marker detail: The Great Sioux Reservation
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1 ► South Dakota, Custer County, Custer — An Agreement Between Cultures — The Fort Laramie Treaty Created the Great Sioux Reservation —
Near U.S. 16A east of Lower French Creek Road, on the right when traveling east.
Cultural conflicts erupted across the western Great Plains during the 1860s. Expanding railroads and frontier posts located in traditional hunting grounds impacted the various tribes in the northern plains. Restrictions on westward settlement . . . — — Map (db m121397) HM
2 ► South Dakota, Pennington County, Hill City — Welcome To Hill City —
On South Newton Avenue just south of Poplar Street, on the left when traveling south.
Oldest Community in Pennington County Date of inception — 1876 — — Map (db m309500) HM

3 ► South Dakota, Pennington County, Rapid City — The Eagles — Ryan McCandless / Nick Armstrong —
On West Omaha Street (Highway 44) north of Canal Street.
The Eagles "On eagles wings they soar, forever free, forever in our hearts." On August 2, 2011, three Rapid City Police Officers were shot while on a routine public nuisance call. Officer Ryan McCandless died at the scene, Officer Nick . . . — — Map (db m184743) HM

4 ► South Dakota, Pennington County, Keystone — Black Elk Wilderness — A Spiritual Place — Black Hills National Forest —
On U.S. 16 just west of Calumet Road, on the right when traveling west.
Looking across the highway to the left, you have a view of the Black Elk Wilderness and Harney Peak. This 13,424-acre wilderness was designated by Congress in 1980. The wilderness was named for Black Elk, a Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux. Harney . . . — — Map (db m312668) HM

5 ► South Dakota, Pennington County, Rapid City — 2 — Rapid City's Founders — Founders Park Plaza —
On West Omaha Street.
John Richard Brennan From John Brennan's Journal February 23, 1876 A party consisting of W.P. Martin, J.W. Allen, Mart Persinger, William Marston, John R. Brennan, Tom Ferguson, and Dick King left Palmer Gulch with a view . . . — — Map (db m187538) HM

6 ► South Dakota, Pennington County, Rapid City, Downtown — The Gossages and Rapid City — The Downtown Rapid City Historic District —
On Main Street (Business Interstate 90) at 6th Street, on the right when traveling west on Main Street.
The Gossages and Rapid City Joseph Gossage and his wife, Alice, were a major influence in Rapid City's early days. The founder of the Rapid City Journal in 1878, Gossage was an untiring promoter of Rapid City, active in such . . . — — Map (db m313765) HM
 
    Thin black lines indicate changes in relevance. Between each pair of lines entries are ordered geographically but all have the same relevance.
* Inflectional forms of words are their plurals, singulars, and possessives as well as gramatical tenses and similar variations.
 
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Nov. 12, 2026