Gutzon Borglum was an American painter and sculptor, who drew inspiration from many people in his life, and went on to make many famous sculptures, including Mount Rushmore.
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Adam Vinatieri grew up playing football in Rapid City, and hasn’t stopped since. He is currently the NFL’s oldest player and leads active players in points.
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George McGovern was an American Senator who fought for the representation of minorities and for the Food Stamp program that feeds many suffering Americans in the United States.
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General George Armstrong Custer is one of the most recognizable figures from the Civil War era. Some of his most historic moments occurred here in the Black Hills, making him an important piece of South Dakota history.
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“Wilson was a member of the Congressional Panel on the Nuclear Security Enterprise and serves on the Board of the South Dakota Science and Technology Authority, which oversees the Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF) in the former Homestake gold mine in Lead, SD as well as several non-profit and advisory boards.”-Heather Wilsons autobiography.
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Laura Ingalls Wilder was born on February 7, 1867. She originated in Wisconsin, but taught in South Dakota for a large span of her life. In 1932, she published her first book, “Little House in the Big Woods,” starting a large and famous series. Wilder wrote the last of her series in 1943. She later died on a farm in Missouri on February 10, 1957, at the age of 90 years old.
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Sitting Bull led an attack against U.S. forces at the Battle of Rosebud and later the Battle of Little Big Horn.
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Seth Bullock is man that lives by his own morale code, an American Legend of the West. He is remembered as an important figure in Deadwood’s history.
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Known for being the fastest gunslinger in the Wild West, Wild Bill Hickok became a Legend. His love of poker ultimately was the death of him in Deadwood, SD.
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Crazy Horse was born in the early 1840s near Rapid City, South Dakota. There are many pictures claiming to be of Crazy Horse, but many are fake because he was out of range of most frontier photographers.
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