south dakota

American bison in the snow, Wind Cave National Park, 2014.

American bison (Bison bison) are also sometimes called American buffalo. These large animals once roamed North American grasslands in massive herds. Probably not surprisingly, they nearly went extinct due to co... More

Missionary Station, No. 7 [Word list in Dakota and Wasicun] [n.p., n. ...

On verso: 24 n 58 Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 174, Folder 43.

Military map of Nebraska and Dakota

Covers North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, and portions of Minnesota, Iowa, and Kansas. Shows routes of 20 exploration or survey parties. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. At the head of title: "Expl... More

Military map of Nebraska and Dakota - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal...

New and short route to the gold mines of the Black Hills, Montana and ...

Transportation.; Imprint 2. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 13, Folder 1.

Sioux Falls, Dacota / by C.L. Hamilton, Sioux City, Iowa.

Photograph shows Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Title from item. No. 1.

Uncle Sam is rich enough to give us all a farm. Homes in the West! The...

Public land.; Imprint 2. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 13, Folder 2a.

Rice's sectional map of Dakota Territory.

Relief shown by hachures. Shows roads, railroads, trails, towns, villages, settlements, and boundary lines across the Dakota Territory. "Draughted by Fred Sturnegk." Originally printed 2 maps 43 x 69 cm. on she... More

Scene on the Oahe

Drawing shows a rowboat by a stream. The Oahe is in South Dakota. Formerly DRWG/US - Gedney - 104. Gift, Ralph Gedney 1926 (DLC/PP-1926:R47019).

Map of a reconnaissance of the Black Hills, July and August, 1874, wit...

Shows exploration routes and dates. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), S184 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes notes indicat... More

Military Encampment During the 1874 Expedition in the Organ Pipe Range...

LIBI_00019_01898; A black-and-white photograph (possibly a reprint) of the 1874 expedition camp. The photograph is 4 1/8 x 7 3/4" and was produced circa 1874 by Illingworth. On the verso, a handwritten notati... More

Military Encampment During the 1874 Expedition in the Organ Pipe Range...

LIBI_00019_01898; A black-and-white photograph (possibly a reprint) of the 1874 expedition camp. The photograph is 4 1/8 x 7 3/4" and was produced circa 1874 by Illingworth. On the verso, a handwritten notati... More

Fort Randall Chapel

Fort Randall surved as a military outpost along the Missouri River from 1863 to 1892. In 1875, soldiers stationed at the fort erected this chapel. Upon abandonment, the fort buildings, except for the chapel, we... More

Rand, McNally & Co.'s map of the northern portion of the Black Hills

Relief shown in hachures. "The survey was made ... by Maj. Geo. Henckel." Includes seven illustrations. Includes index to "gold-bearing quartz lodes" and "silver-bearing lodes"; all are in South Dakota. Availab... More

Enoch W. Raymond, wife, and other family members of wife's in front of...

summary: Note: Enoch W. Raymond married a Lakota Sioux woman in 1852. Their house is at Rose Bud Agency. This photograph is a copy of a page from S. D. Butcher's PIONEER HISTORY OF CUSTER COUNTY, NEBRASKA orig... More

A memorial to the Congress of the United States praying for the ratifi...

Imprint 2. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 13, Folder 3.

Dakota Territory / Historic map, Library of Congress

A barber's shop at Standing Rock, Dakota Territory--an Indian chief ha...

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1879 March 15, p. 205 (bottom).

Plowing prairie soil with tractor, S. Dak.

Preparing a seed bed with modern machinery, S. Dak.

Preparing a seed bed with modern machinery, S. Dak.

Plowing prairie soil with tractor, S. Dak.

Plowing prairie soil with tractor, S. Dak.

Evans Hotel, Hot Springs, South Dakota

Negatives are close variants. Duplicate film negative of version (B) was not made because of similarity to version (A). Title devised. Each negative forms right section of a two-part panorama, left section not ... More

Taking the census at Standing Rock Agency - South Dakota

Men seated at two tables with large crowd of people. On mount: D.F. Barry, West Superior, Wis.

Report on the geology and resources of the Black Hills of Dakota : wit...

[A Harvest field, Brookings, S.D.]

New Ulm, Minn., Valley of the Minnesota

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue F (1899). "61" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 04533. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

[Evans Hotel, Hot Springs, South Dakota]

New Ulm, Minn., Valley of the Minnesota

A Harvest field, Brookings, S.D.

Horse carriage in wheat field. Right section of a two-part panorama, left section not in collection. Title devised. Listed in Detroit, Catalogue F (1899). "10201" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. panorama no... More

Crowd in Front of the Government School and Commissary Building, Pine ...

LIBI_00312_10942; Albumen card. This image depicts rows of people wearing hats and draped in blankets facing away from the camera. There are a number of wagons, horses, and people milling around. In the backgr... More

[Native American man and woman]

Tracey [sic], Minn., engine of the South Dakota division

Post route map of the territory of Dakota with adjacent parts of Monta...

Dated 1879. "The service on this diagram brought up to date of March 1st, 1881." Originally printed 2 maps 73 x 51 cm. on sheets 76 x 54 cm., sheets joined vertically to form 1 map. Prime meridian: Washington, ... More

Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, Dakota /

Bird's-eye-view. Relief shown pictorially. "Population Jan. 1st, 1878 - 400 -- Population Jan. 1st, 1881 - 2800." Includes index to points of interest and 2 color illustrations of local buildings. Available als... More

Panoramic View of Fort Meade, South Dakota

LIBI_00015_00604; An albumen photograph, mounted on card, of panoramic view (acute) of Fort Meade, sepia-toned, original, full view; produced by J. C. H. Grabill, circa 1882; stain or discoloration on lower lef... More

Pioneer life in 1882

Photograph shows pioneer family standing outside of sod house. No. 1832. Additional title on item: South Dakota. Aberdeen. Pioneer life in 1882. Title from item.

Correct map of Dakota compiled from United States and Territorial surv...

"The large lines on the above map show the location of the Chicago & North-Western Railway, and its branches, the small lines its connections." Shows relief by hachures, drainage, cities and towns, townships, c... More

Birds eye view of Aberdeen, Dak.

Perspective map not drawn to scale. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 885 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes col. illus. and index to points of interest. AACR2: 100; ... More

1883 bird's eye view of Redfield, Dak.

Bird's eye view of Frederick, Dak. 1883.

Perspective map not drawn to scale. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 889 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes illus., index to points of interest, and text. AACR2: 651

1883 bird's eye view of Madison, county seat of Lake Co. Dakota

Perspective map not drawn to scale. "Looking north west." LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 890 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes index to points of interest and 2 v... More

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Elk Point, Union County, South Dakota

Dec 1883. 1 Sheet(s).

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Vermillion, Clay County, South Dakota

Dec 1883. 1 Sheet(s).

Bird's eye view of Flandreau, county seat of Moody Co., Dakota 1883.

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Canton, Lincoln County, South Dakota

Dec 1883. 1 Sheet(s).

Bird's eye view of Watertown, Dak. county-seat of Codington Co. 1883.

Perspective map not drawn to scale. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 892 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes illus., index to points of interest, and directory. AACR2

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Chamberlain, Brule County, South Dakot...

Aug 1884. 1 Sheet(s).

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Redfield, Spink County, South Dakota

Jul 1884. 1 Sheet(s).

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Webster, Day County, South Dakota

Jul 1884. 1 Sheet(s).

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Parker, Turner County, South Dakota

Aug 1884. 1 Sheet(s).

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Woonsocket, Sanborn County, South Dako...

Aug 1884. 1 Sheet(s).

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Groton, Brown County, South Dakota

Jul 1884. 1 Sheet(s).

Educating the Indians--a female pupil of the government school at Carl...

Cover illus. in: Frank Leslie's Illustrated newspaper, 1884 March 15, p. 49.

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Brookings, Brookings County, South Dak...

Aug 1884. 1 Sheet(s).

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Plankinton, Aurora County, South Dakot...

Aug 1884. 1 Sheet(s). Includes Titled Plankington.

Gen. U. S. Grant memorial, Saturday, August 8, 1885. Programme. [Woons...

U.S. Grant memorial. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 13, Folder 7.

Success assured! ! -- Bear in mind -- Remember that the Brown County A...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 13, Folder 8.

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Sturgis, Meade County, South Dakota

Oct 1885. 1 Sheet(s).

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Columbia, Brown County, South Dakota

Aug 1886. 1 Sheet(s).

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Flandreau, Moody County, South Dakota

Aug 1886. 1 Sheet(s).

Official railroad map of Dakota issued by the railroad commissioners, ...

Shows relief by hachures, drainage, cities and towns, township and county boundaries, Indians, and the railroads with lines named. Scale ca. 1:1,100,000. From Second Annual Report of the Board of Railroad Commi... More

Official map of the territory of Dakota, showing the two general divis...

The original Great Sioux Reservation was established as part of the Fort Laramie Treaty of April 29, 1868, and initially comprised all of South Dakota west of the Missouri River. The map displayed here illustra... More

Map of the Black Hills of Dakota

Relief shown by hachures. Map of Black Hills showing names of explorers, date and tracks of their routes. "Copyright secured by G.E. Bailey 1886." "Crosscup & West. Engraving Co. 907 Filbert St. Philadelphia. D... More

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Howard, Miner County, South Dakota

Aug 1886. 1 Sheet(s).

Map of the Department of Dakota including Minnesota, Dakota and Montan...

Ox team in front of S.D. Butcher's gallery, Broken Bow, Custer County,...

original size: 6x8

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Carbonate, Lawrence County, South Dako...

Aug 1887. 1 Sheet(s).

Deadwood, Dakota. A part of the city from Forest Hill

Bird's-eye view of Deadwood, S.D.; trees and mountains in foreground and background. Copyright deposit. Title transcribed from item. Forms part of the John C. H. Grabill Collection.

The delegation of Sioux chiefs to ratify the sale of lands in South Da...

Photo shows twenty-one Natives posed standing and sitting for a group portrait, facing front, wearing western clothing; each is numbered according to corresponding printed below image. Title from item. No. 3.

[Plans for exteriors and interiors]

City Hall, Watertown, [South] Dakota. Reproduction of drawing. Copyrighted by Palliser, Palliser, & Co. Illus. in: Palliser's Court Houses, City Halls, Jails, Etc., p. 67. This record contains unverified data f... More

No. 1973. Deadwood Dakota. A part of the city from Forest Hill Grabill...

Photograph shows an aerial view of Deadwood, South Dakota with buildings including one marked "Grabill photo." 36479 U.S. Copyright Office. Title from item. On photograph: "Photo and copyright by Grabill, '90".... More

A pretty view at picnic grounds on Homestake Road

Mountain and railroad train in South Dakota. Photo copyrighted by J.C.H. Grabill. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card, with subsequent revisions. Caption card tracings: RR S.D. 1890; SD ... More

4th Artillery ca. 1890 (Wounded Knee?)

Saphus Wettergren Parelius (left) of the 4th Artillery, ca. 1890, [at Wounded Knee, South Dakota?]. This copy photoprint was made in May 1962 from an original print loaned by Signe O. Parelius. Barn detail i... More

Two Strikes and Crow Dog's Camp, Pine Ridge Agency, South Dakota

LIBI_00030_00724; An albumen photograph (mounted on card), depicting a view of Sioux camp. Notation on lower right of image reads: "No. 30 Two Strikes and Crow Dog's Camp, Pine Ridge Agcy, S. D.". Lower left re... More

A Line of Soldiers from Company A of the 8th Infantry in Pine Ridge, S...

LIBI_00161_06845; A photo pasted to heavy cardboard; 5" x 8". This image depicts a line of soldiers in front of a few tents. A handwritten note in blue ink on the verso reads: “Co A, 8 US Infantry Sioux Camp No... More

Boxwork in the Elk's Room

The boxwork on the ceiling of the Elk's Room is a popular photography subject and has been featured on many postcards and other souvenirs.

Kicking Bear, an Oglala Sioux Behind a Wagon on the Pine Ridge Indian ...

LIBI_00312_11116; Albumen print. This image depicts Kicking Bear, an Oglala Sioux participant of the Battle of Little Bighorn. He is wearing a white shirt and dark vest, but an apron in seat of pants. He stands... More

Bird's Eye View of Sioux Camp at Pine Ridge, South Dakota

Photographs of American Military Activities

Twenty Three Officers from the 7th Cavalry at Pine Ridge, South Dakota

LIBI_00312_11153; Unmounted print. This image depicts 23 officers from the 7th U.S. Cavalry posed for a photograph. Thirteen are standing, ten are seated. A few wear heavy jackets. This photo was taken at Pine ... More

Sioux Camp on the Pine Ridge Agency, South Dakota, July 4, 1891

LIBI_00030_00725; An albumen photograph (mounted on card), depicting a Sioux Indian camp. Directly in foreground is a wagon with two Indians standing in front of it. A white horse with saddle blanket is behind ... More

Home of Chief Red Cloud at Pine Ridge Agency

Three Native Americans standing in front of house, Pine Ridge Agency, South Dakota.

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Central City, Lawrence County, South D...

Jul 1891. 1 Sheet(s).

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Custer, Custer County, South Dakota

Aug 1891. 1 Sheet(s).

Big Foot, chief of the Bules [sic] taken at the Battle of Wounded Knee...

Body of Spotted Elk, chief of the Miniconjou, Lakota Sioux, lying in snow, after the Massacre at Wounded Knee, S.D., Dec. 29, 1890. Copyright by Northwestern Photo Co., Chadron, Nebraska. Title transcribed from... More

Twenty Three Officers from the 7th Cavalry at Pine Ridge, South Dakota

LIBI_00312_11153; Unmounted print. This image depicts 23 officers from the 7th U.S. Cavalry posed for a photograph. Thirteen are standing, ten are seated. A few wear heavy jackets. This photo was taken at Pine ... More

Frederic Remington - The opening of the fight at Wounded Knee

Seventh Cavalry in battle with Indians. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1891 Jan. 24, p. 65.

Plenty Horses / L.T. Butterfield, Sioux Falls, Dak.

Plenty Horses, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right.

Two Strike['s] band [Brulé Lakota] Pine Ridge 1891 / photo made by S.D...

Photograph shows a group of Sioux men, full-length, standing, facing front, in a half-circle behind a group of five Sioux sitting on the ground, three wrapped in blankets and with their backs to the viewer. H11... More

Black Hills views--View of the famous Homestake Mines and the big mini...

Bird's-eye view. No. 3.

Capt. Geo Sword, chief of police with Buffalo Bill's Indians, Pine Rid...

Members of Lakota or Sioux tribe in predominantly traditional dress, posed with police chief in uniform. 10047W U.S. Copyright Office. No. 480.

Post route map of the states of North and South Dakota with adjacent p...

Bishop Fowler Loop

The name "Bishop Fowler" is written into the soft limestone above the passage that goes into this route through the cave. Bishop Fowler was a prominent figure in the Methodist Church. He helped establish the Bl... More

Rifle guns, Pine Ridge Agency, Jan. 18th, 1891

Soldiers with cannon at Pine Ridge Agency, South Dakota. 10051W U.S. Copyright Office. On verso: W.R. Cross, portrait and view photographer, Hot Springs, S. Dak. No. 757.

State of South Dakota - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Elk Point, Union County, South Dakota

Oct 1892. 1 Sheet(s).

Topographical map of Union County, South Dakota : compiled and drawn f...

Relief shown by hachures. Cadastral map showing drainage, section lines and numbers, land ownership, landowners' names, school houses, roads, rail roads, etc. "Copyright 1892 by E. Frank Peterson." Includes lis... More

Indexed county and township pocket map and shippers guide of South Dak...

Shows relief by hachures, drainage, counties, township lines, cities and towns, Indian and military reservations, area "opened for settlement by treaty of 1889," and the railroad network with named lines. Scale... More

Map of Union County, South Dakota : compiled and drawn from official r...

Relief shown by hachures. Cadastral map showing drainage, section lines and numbers, land ownership, landowners' names, school houses, roads, rail roads, etc. "Copyright 1892 by E. Frank Peterson; copyright 190... More