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| The Mount Rushmore State | | South Dakota |
Official nickname. Named for the epic sculpture of the faces of four exalted American presidents: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln.
| South Dakota | | Pierre |
| Badlands National Park | | South Dakota |
Founded in 1978, encompasses 379 mi².
| Wind Cave National Park | | South Dakota |
Founded in 1903, encompasses 44 mi².
| Missouri River | | South Dakota |
| South Dakota | | Pasque Flower |
| South Dakota | | SD |
| South Dakota | | "Under God, The People Rule" |
| Ring the Bells | | South Dakota State University |
| Hail South Dakota | | University of South Dakota |
| North Dakota | | South Dakota |
North dakota wanted to change its name to just dakota.
| South Dakota | | Nebraska |
| South Dakota | | Mt. Rushmore and a Chinese Ring-necked Pheasant |
Joined in 1889, quarter released in 2006
| South Dakota | | Harney Peak, 7,242 Feet |
| Black Hills National Forest | | South Dakota |
| U.S.S. South Dakota | | 13 Battle Stars for WWII Service |
Commissioned March 1942 -- BB-57
| Rapid City | | South Dakota |
| Sioux Falls | | South Dakota |
| South Dakota | | Ring-necked Pheasant Aka Common Pheasant |
(Phasianus colchicus)1943
| South Dakota | | 796,214 |
47th among all States and Territories
| Kuchen | | South Dakota |
A cake with an apple filling
| The Sunshine State | | South Dakota |
Unofficial nickname. Was the official nickname until it was relaced in 1980 by Mount Rushmore State.
| Coyote State | | South Dakota |
Unofficial nickname. Refers to the large number of coyotes in South Dakota. South Dakota adopted the Coyote as state animal in 1949.
| South Dakota | | Honeybee |
| Sand Lake | | South Dakota |
| Waubay | | South Dakota |
| 40th | | South Dakota |
November 2, 1889
| South Dakota | | 1889 |
November 2, 1889