fun facts

• Harney Peak is the highest US mountain east of the Rockies.

• The Crazy Horse Memorial being carved near Mt. Rushmore will be 641 feet wide and 563 feet high.

• The movie Dances With Wolves was filmed in South Dakota.

• The Homestake Mine is one of the deepest mines in the world at 8000 feet deep!

• Mount Rushmore has faces of four famous US presidents carved into it. They are Washington, Jefferson, Roosevelt, and Lincoln.

• Each head on Mount Rushmore is 60 feet tall!

• North Dakota and South Dakota were admitted on the same day to avoid a feud between the states.

• The name Dakota is from the local Native Americans. It means 'friend' or 'ally'.

• South Dakota became the United States as part of the Louisiana Purchase in 1803.

• Badlands National Park is located in South Dakota.