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The Mount Rushmore State - South Dakota is large, sparsely populated and seldom visited by many tourists. It gained a reputation as`the wild west` during the frontier days of the nineteenth century when many fortune seekers flocked to this beautiful land in search of gold. They established many mining towns in the Black Hills area. The most famous of these frontier towns is Deadwood. Wild Bill Hickock, Calamity Jane, Wyatt Earp and Doc Holiday are just a few of the people that helped give Deadwood its infamous reputation as a wild western town. Today, many of the saloons and shops in Deadwood have been restored to the Wild West era. It has now become a popular tourist destination for shopping, gambling and sightseeing.
 This is South Dakota, home of the Great Sioux Nation. Here, you can discover the sweeping prairie that captured your imagination in `Dances With Wolves.` Here, you can meet the people whose heritage and culture run through that land like a strong, steady stream. Many South Dakota attractions are concentrated on the western border of the state. Badlands National Park contains many spectacular rock formations and is full of wildlife like bison, coyote, prairie dogs and antelope. In the nearby Black Hills, Wind Cave National Park and Jewel Cave National Monument contain many wonderful rock formations and can be toured. Custer State Park has the largest bison herd in the US with over 1500 animals. They and many other animals can be viewed from a scenic drive. The four most famous guys on rock - Mount Rushmore: This epic sculpture features the faces of four exalted American presidents: Twenty meter high faces of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln. The monument at Mount Rushmore, completed in 1939, is one of the largest sculptures ever created and are carved into the granite mountain in precise detail. South Dakota`s Black Hills provide the backdrop for Mount Rushmore, the world`s greatest mountain carving. These 60-foot high faces, 500 feet up, look out over a setting of pine, spruce, birch, and aspen in the clear western air. The Crazy Horse mountain carving now in progress will be the world`s largest sculpture (563` high, 641` long, carved in the round). It is the focal point of an educational and cultural memorial to and for the North American Indian. There is an abundance of outdoor activities in South Dakota including hunting, fishing, boating, hiking, backpacking, mountain biking and horseback riding. Gambling is legal and there are casinos in Wildwood and on each of the Indian Reservations. The small town of Sturgis near the Black Hills hosts the famous Sturgis motorcycle rally every August. It attracts over 100,000 motorcycle riders each year. From fairs to festivals and rodeos to ethnic celebrations, the statewide calendar of events helps you plan your vacation. You should see South Dakota in the winter. Skiing, snowmobiling, skating, ice fishing and the rest are more than fun adventures. They`re wonderful excuses to sightsee in the cold! South Dakota has broad expanses of prairie, mountain, lake and river-break country open for you and your walking shoes. You`ll want to explore the state`s hiking trails.
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