The South Dakota Badlands seldom fails to stir a sense of wonder to those who encounter its surreal landscape for the first time. From a distance, the eroded formations look like the ruins of an alabaster city, but upon closer inspection, the sculptured terrain appears rough and rugged. Within these pages of historic photographs, the remarkable story of the Badlands unfolds. After the process of geological changes, Indians came to the Badlands on seasonal hunting trips. In the mid 1800s, fur traders, fossil hunters, and freight haulers passed through to places more hospitable. Cattlemen and homesteaders arrived in the 1890s, intent on staying, but most gave up and left. To preserve its grandeur, Congressman Peter Norbeck and his associate Ben Millard worked for many years to set aside thousands of acres of the unyielding land for a national monument in 1939. The Badlands became a national park in 1978.
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Jan Cerney is a retired teacher and has self-published one book. She lives with her husband Bob on a ranch near Cactus Flat, three miles from the Badlands. They have three grown children.
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This review is from: Badlands National Park (SD) (Images of America) (Paperback)
This book makes available dozens of photos from the park's seldom seen museum collections, as well as extremely rare photos from the South Dakota State Archives. Badlands National Park was authorized in 1929, established in 1939, and remains today the largest national park in the Midwest.
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Early trappers and traders were the first to report of the Badland's unusual terrain and the strange bones found there. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
South Dakota, Cedar Pass, Visitor Center, Ben Millard, Badlands National Monument, Courtesy Keith Crew, Nebraska State Historical Society, Missouri River, Peter Norbeck, White River, Badlands National Park, Rapid City, Sage Creek Basin, Sheep Mountain, Anderson Collection, Millard Ridge, Vampire Peak New!
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Early trappers and traders were the first to report of the Badland's unusual terrain and the strange bones found there. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
South Dakota, Cedar Pass, Visitor Center, Ben Millard, Badlands National Monument, Courtesy Keith Crew, Nebraska State Historical Society, Missouri River, Peter Norbeck, White River, Badlands National Park, Rapid City, Sage Creek Basin, Sheep Mountain, Anderson Collection, Millard Ridge, Vampire Peak New!
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- Wisdom of the West: Common Sense and Uncommon Genius from 101 Great Westerners by Crisswell Freeman in Back Matter
- Reflections of the Badlands by Philip S. Hall in Back Matter
- Prairie Smoke by Melvin Randolph Gilmore in Back Matter
- Badlands, Its Life and Landscape by Joy K. Hauk in Back Matter
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