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Fort James (South Dakota)
Fort James was established in 1865 as a cavalry fort in South Dakota. Established Fort James was built in 1865 in Hanson County, South Dakota.South Dakota State Historical Society https://history.sd.gov/Archives/forms/military/Fort%20James.pdf The fort was located on the James River at its junction with Shell Creek. History The fort was abandoned in 1867. There are reports that the fort was partly burned about two years after it was abandoned. Description Fort James is the only stone-built fort in the period of US expansion to the west. Television Coverage Fort James was the subject of an episode of the PBS TV archaeology series Time Team America. Notes References * Lee, Robert, ''Fort Meade, the peace keeper post on the Dakota Frontier, 1878-1944'', Old Fort Meade Museum & Historic Research Association, 1987. * Osburn, James D., Stewart, Ken R. and Wendt, Lonis R. ''Fort Pierre-Deadwood Trail: Then & Now'', Cheyenne River Press, 2008. External links Anniversary Wago ...
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Hanson County, South Dakota
Hanson County is a county in the U.S. state of South Dakota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 3,461. Its county seat is Alexandria. The county was founded in 1871 and organized in 1873. It was named for Joseph R. Hanson, clerk of the first legislature. Hanson County is part of the Mitchell, SD Micropolitan Statistical Area. The county is somewhat unique among those in the United States in that there are no officially registered airports within the county borders. Geography The terrain of Hanson County consists of low rolling hills; its area is mostly devoted to agriculture. The James River flows southeastward through the lower western part of the county. The terrain slopes toward the river basin on both sides, and generally gently slopes to the south. Hanson county has a total area of , of which is land and (0.2%) is water. It is the third-smallest county in South Dakota by area. Major highways * Interstate 90 * South Dakota Highway 25 * South Dakota Highway 38 ...
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James River (Dakotas)
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6th Iowa Volunteer Cavalry
6 (six) is the natural number following 5 and preceding 7. It is a composite number and the smallest perfect number. In mathematics Six is the smallest positive integer which is neither a square number nor a prime number; it is the second smallest composite number, behind 4; its proper divisors are , and . Since 6 equals the sum of its proper divisors, it is a perfect number; 6 is the smallest of the perfect numbers. It is also the smallest Granville number, or \mathcal-perfect number. As a perfect number: *6 is related to the Mersenne prime 3, since . (The next perfect number is 28.) *6 is the only even perfect number that is not the sum of successive odd cubes. *6 is the root of the 6-aliquot tree, and is itself the aliquot sum of only one other number; the square number, . Six is the only number that is both the sum and the product of three consecutive positive numbers. Unrelated to 6's being a perfect number, a Golomb ruler of length 6 is a "perfect ruler". Six is a co ...
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South Dakota
South Dakota (; Sioux language, Sioux: , ) is a U.S. state in the West North Central states, North Central region of the United States. It is also part of the Great Plains. South Dakota is named after the Lakota people, Lakota and Dakota people, Dakota Sioux Native Americans in the United States, Native American tribes, who comprise a large portion of the population with nine Indian reservation, reservations currently in the state and have historically dominated the territory. South Dakota is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, seventeenth largest by area, but the List of U.S. states and territories by population, 5th least populous, and the List of U.S. states and territories by population density, 5th least densely populated of the List of U.S. states, 50 United States. As the southern part of the former Dakota Territory, South Dakota became a state on November 2, 1889, simultaneously with North Dakota. They are the 39th and 40th states admitted to the union; Pr ...
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Buildings And Structures In Hanson County, South Dakota
A building, or edifice, is an enclosed structure with a roof and walls standing more or less permanently in one place, such as a house or factory (although there's also portable buildings). Buildings come in a variety of sizes, shapes, and functions, and have been adapted throughout history for a wide number of factors, from building materials available, to weather conditions, land prices, ground conditions, specific uses, prestige, and aesthetic reasons. To better understand the term ''building'' compare the list of nonbuilding structures. Buildings serve several societal needs – primarily as shelter from weather, security, living space, privacy, to store belongings, and to comfortably live and work. A building as a shelter represents a physical division of the human habitat (a place of comfort and safety) and the ''outside'' (a place that at times may be harsh and harmful). Ever since the first cave paintings, buildings have also become objects or canvasses of much artisti ...
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Forts In South Dakota
The following is a list of forts in South Dakota. Forts in South Dakota See also * List of ghost towns in South Dakota References * * {{South Dakota * Forts South Dakota South Dakota (; Sioux: , ) is a U.S. state in the North Central region of the United States. It is also part of the Great Plains. South Dakota is named after the Lakota and Dakota Sioux Native American tribes, who comprise a large porti ...
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