Place details
Place nameSouth Dakota
Other namesSD
CountryUnited States
Latitude45
Longitude-100
SourceThesaurus of Geographic Names
Overview
Inhabited mainly by agrarian Arikara & nomadic Sioux when French & Spanish came in 18th cen.; part of Louisiana Purchase of 1803; homesteaded by Germans, Scandinavians & Russians in mid-19th cen.; gold rush precipitated infamous Indian Wars late 19th cen.