Water and Dust
Water and Dust
Water and Dust Much of the settlement of the state can be examined by looking at how water and dust have played a major role in its human occupation. The many rivers in South Dakota, from the small Keya Paha in the south-central part of the state to the Mighty Missouri running through its heart, have provided life-giving waters and life-taking floods. Too little water also wreaked havoc on human lives. This episode examines the great floods, dust storms, and the good times when water led to boom years and good crops.
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On June 9, 1972, an exceptionally heavy rain fell on areas of the Black Hills leading to a flood.
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The facility first known as the Spearfish Fish Cultural Station was established in 1896 by the U.S. Fish Commission.
In the summer of 2021, the state was so deep into a drought it was easy to forget a much different past.
Historically, the 100th meridian marked the shift from the wet east to the drier west. Now that's changing.
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The anniversary brings a flood of memories for survivors.
Photos taken by Joseph Hutton, professor of Agronomy at SDSU.
The plan to build a canal between Lake Traverse and Big Stone Lake.
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