Upon the arrival of the first Europeans, the region of the two Dakotas are populated by Indian tribes, including Cheyenne and Sioux (Dakotas). Exploration begins in 1738 with the trips of the Canadian Pedra do Vérendrye.
After hunting hunters and fur traders at the end of the 18th century, the area becomes one of the centers of fur traffic. It passes to the United States as part of the Louisiana purchase from France, in 1803. The Lewis and Clark expedition (1804-1806) crosses the region. The first permanent colony of the Southeast Dakota established in 1817. In 1832, Forte Pedra Chouteau is built by the American Fur Company of the German-American trader John Jacob Astor. Colonization is slow until 1874, when gold is discovered in the Black Hills. Settlers flock, attracted by this new wealth and fertile land. The Dakotas Indians, deprived of their land, are driven away from western Missouri. In 1861, a territory in Dakota is created that comprises South Dakota and North Dakota, Montana and Wyoming.
In 1876, other gold deposits are discovered, of which the Homestake lode celebrates, near Lead. The region then experienced a period of rapid colonization between 1879 and 1886. In 1889, the Dakotas were separated. The South Dakota joined the Union on November 2nd 1889, as the 40th American State. In the face of chronic drought problems in the west of the state, vast dams were built in the 1940s on Missouri. Four artificial lakes now allow to control the floods, to irrigate the soils and to supply of the hydroelectric energy. The state today is faced with the poverty of Indian reserves and the disorder of its populations.
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Universities in South Dakota
South Dakota State University
The South Dakota State University in the city of Brookings is the largest university in the state with approximately 13,000 students. South Dakota State University was founded in 1881 as the Dakota Agriculture College. South Dakota State University has a particularly good reputation for its courses and research in the fields of agriculture, engineering and pharmacy. In terms of research, South Dakota State University is considered one of the best in the US Midwest. Theodor Schultz, who won the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1979, is a former student of South Dakota State University.
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University of South Dakota
The University of South Dakota in the city of Vermilion was founded in 1862, making it the oldest university in the state of South Dakota. The University of South Dakota has the only medical and law faculties in the state. Around 10,000 students are currently studying here.
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Public Schools in South Dakota by County
- South Dakota Aurora County Public Schools
- South Dakota Beadle County Public Schools
- South Dakota Bennett County Public Schools
- South Dakota Bon Homme County Public Schools
- South Dakota Brookings County Public Schools
- South Dakota Brown County Public Schools
- South Dakota Brule County Public Schools
- South Dakota Butte County Public Schools
- South Dakota Campbell County Public Schools
- South Dakota Charles Mix County Public Schools
- South Dakota Clark County Public Schools
- South Dakota Clay County Public Schools
- South Dakota Codington County Public Schools
- South Dakota Corson County Public Schools
- South Dakota Custer County Public Schools
- South Dakota Davison County Public Schools
- South Dakota Day County Public Schools
- South Dakota Deuel County Public Schools
- South Dakota Dewey County Public Schools
- South Dakota Dickey County Public Schools
- South Dakota Douglas County Public Schools
- South Dakota Edmunds County Public Schools
- South Dakota Fall River County Public Schools
- South Dakota Faulk County Public Schools
- South Dakota Grant County Public Schools
- South Dakota Gregory County Public Schools
- South Dakota Haakon County Public Schools
- South Dakota Hamlin County Public Schools
- South Dakota Hand County Public Schools
- South Dakota Hanson County Public Schools
- South Dakota Harding County Public Schools
- South Dakota Hughes County Public Schools
- South Dakota Hutchinson County Public Schools
- South Dakota Hyde County Public Schools
- South Dakota Jackson County Public Schools
- South Dakota Jerauld County Public Schools
- South Dakota Jones County Public Schools
- South Dakota Kingsbury County Public Schools
- South Dakota Lake County Public Schools
- South Dakota Lawrence County Public Schools
- South Dakota Lincoln County Public Schools
- South Dakota Lyman County Public Schools
- South Dakota Marshall County Public Schools
- South Dakota Mccook County Public Schools
- South Dakota Mcpherson County Public Schools
- South Dakota Meade County Public Schools
- South Dakota Mellette County Public Schools
- South Dakota Miner County Public Schools
- South Dakota Minnehaha County Public Schools
- South Dakota Moody County Public Schools
- South Dakota Pennington County Public Schools
- South Dakota Perkins County Public Schools
- South Dakota Potter County Public Schools
- South Dakota Roberts County Public Schools
- South Dakota Sanborn County Public Schools
- South Dakota Shannon County Public Schools
- South Dakota Spink County Public Schools
- South Dakota Stanley County Public Schools
- South Dakota Sully County Public Schools
- South Dakota Todd County Public Schools
- South Dakota Tripp County Public Schools
- South Dakota Turner County Public Schools
- South Dakota Union County Public Schools
- South Dakota Walworth County Public Schools
- South Dakota Yankton County Public Schools
- South Dakota Ziebach County Public Schools