State animal: Coyote
State flower: American Pasque flower
State tree: Spruce
State nickname: The Mount Rushmore State
South Dakota is named after the Lakota and Dakota Sioux American Indian tribes. The Lakota And Dakota tribes were not two different tribes. They were just pronounced differently. Lakota and Dakota are different ways to pronounce of their tribal name, that means "The Allies". And Sioux, Come from the Ojibwa Tribe and mean "Little Snakes".
The Dust bowl of 1930 Was a phenomenon, Due to severe drought and poor farming methods. Without the natural anchors to keep the soil down it dried. And And blew away with heavy winds. At times the clouds would darken and turn into a black sky. The Dust Bowl was not just in South Dakota, It reached all the way to New York, Washington DC, Colorado, New Mexico.
State flower: American Pasque flower
State tree: Spruce
State nickname: The Mount Rushmore State
South Dakota is named after the Lakota and Dakota Sioux American Indian tribes. The Lakota And Dakota tribes were not two different tribes. They were just pronounced differently. Lakota and Dakota are different ways to pronounce of their tribal name, that means "The Allies". And Sioux, Come from the Ojibwa Tribe and mean "Little Snakes".
The Dust bowl of 1930 Was a phenomenon, Due to severe drought and poor farming methods. Without the natural anchors to keep the soil down it dried. And And blew away with heavy winds. At times the clouds would darken and turn into a black sky. The Dust Bowl was not just in South Dakota, It reached all the way to New York, Washington DC, Colorado, New Mexico.
State Flag. The South Dakota State Flag is blue and yellow with a little bit of white. While each state is famous for one thing like Wisconsin is famous for their cheese South Dakota is famous for Mount Rushmore. So its called "The Mount Rushmore State".