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<description>The official web site of the South Dakota Office of Tourism provides in-depth travel information for the Mount Rushmore state, including a calendar of events, comprehensive visitor services directory and tons of helpful vacation planning resources.</description>
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<copyright>Copyright 2007, South Dakota Office of Tourism</copyright>
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<title><![CDATA[Marks of History:  Wild Bill Hickok&#8217;s grave at Mount Moriah]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[On August 2, 1876, Jack McCall shot Wild Bill Hickok in the back at the No. 10 Saloon in Deadwood, S.D.  Today, Wild Bill lies to rest at Mount Moriah Cemetery on Deadwood&#8217;s historic &#8220;Boot Hill&#8221;.]]></description>
<pubdate>Wednesday, June 10, 2009 10:16</pubdate>
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<title><![CDATA[Marks of History:  Campsite of General Custer&#8217;s Expedition]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Located two miles east of Custer is an open valley where history was made.  This area served as the main base camp for General George Armstrong Custer&#8217;s expedition to find gold in the Black Hills.  Their stay at the &#8220;Golden Valley,&#8221; as General Custer called it, lasted five days, the longest of any s]]></description>
<pubdate>Wednesday, April 29, 2009 16:05</pubdate>
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<title><![CDATA[Marks of History:  Spirit Mound]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[In 1804, legend had it that Spirit Mound, near present day Vermillion, was inhabited by evil spirits in human form. Reportedly, these &#8220;little devils&#8221; were 18 inches high and armed with arrows. 
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<pubdate>Thursday, March 26, 2009 08:57</pubdate>
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<title><![CDATA[Crazy Horse Memorial: Cultural History]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[What most people would see as a large rock on the top of Thunderhead Mountain in the Black Hills of South Dakota, Korczak Zi&#243;&amp;#322;kowski saw as an opportunity: an opportunity to show the world that, in the words of Lakota Chief Henry Standing Bear, &#8220;the red man has heroes, also.&#8221;]]></description>
<pubdate>Monday, November 26, 2007 15:05</pubdate>
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<title><![CDATA[Mount Rushmore&#8217;s Untold Story]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Today, Mount Rushmore is considered &#8220;America&#8217;s Shrine to Democracy&#8221;, but many Americans don&#8217;t know that when Mount Rushmore was first conceived, the carving was designed to look completely different than it does today.]]></description>
<pubdate>Friday, November 02, 2007 10:05</pubdate>
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<title><![CDATA[Re-trace The Journey... Re-live The Adventure]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Lewis and Clark spent the late-summer and early fall of 1804 exploring present-day South Dakota. Their return trip, in 1806, also led them back through the area.]]></description>
<pubdate>Thursday, May 24, 2007 12:51</pubdate>
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