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| UPCOMING EVENTS |
 Indicates a Signature Event
Sept 18 - Oct 3 - Corps of Discovery II Trail Stop - Fort Pierre, SD
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Aug 27- Sept 26 -Greenwood, SD
Oceti Sakowin Experience: Remembering and Educating (details)
Jul 10 -Oct 3 - Omaha, NE
Rivers, Eden's, Empires: Lewis and Clark and the Revealing of America (details)
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| QUOTE OF THE DAY |
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. . . two stones resembling human persons and one resembling a dog are situated in the open prarie. To those stones the Arikaras . . . Make offereings whenever they pass. . . Those people have a curious tradition of those stones. One was a man in love, one a girl whose parents would not let them marry. . . The dog went to mourn with them. All turned to stone gradually, commencing at the feet. Those people fed on grapes until they turned. . . On the river near the place . . . We observed a greater quantity of fine grapes than I ever saw at one place.
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October 13, 2004
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Captain Clark
Journal, Missouri River near present-day Pollack, South Dakota - October 13, 1804
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| Partner Highlight - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) |
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As the Corps of Discovery worked its way westward, members of the Expedition wrote detailed journal entries about many of the spectacular landscapes now managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). The Louisiana Purchase of 1803 and the Lewis and Clark Expedition of 1803-1806 opened the heartland of the North American continent for exploration, settlement, and achievement. This new frontier attracted immigrants from around the world and became synonymous with the search for spiritual, economic, and political freedom.
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