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Black Hills
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Black Hills
A group of rugged mountains of southwest South Dakota and northeast Wyoming rising to 2,208.8 m (7,242 ft) at Harney Peak. The Black Hills are a major recreational area.

Black Hills
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(Placename) a group of mountains in W South Dakota and NE Wyoming: famous for the gigantic sculptures of US presidents on the side of Mount Rushmore Highest peak: Harney Peak, 2207 m (7242 ft.)
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Noun1.Black Hills - mountains in southwestern South Dakota and northeastern WyomingBlack Hills - mountains in southwestern South Dakota and northeastern Wyoming; sacred to the Sioux (whites settling in the Black Hills led to the Battle of Little Bighorn); site of Mount Rushmore
Coyote State, Mount Rushmore State, SD, South Dakota - a state in north central United States
Equality State, WY, Wyoming - a state in the western United States; mountainous in the west and north with the Great Plains in the east
Mount Rushmore, Mt. Rushmore, Rushmore - a mountain in the Black Hills of South Dakota; the likenesses of Washington and Jefferson and Lincoln and Roosevelt are carved on it
2.Black Hills - mountains in western South Dakota and northeastern Wyoming
Coyote State, Mount Rushmore State, SD, South Dakota - a state in north central United States
Equality State, WY, Wyoming - a state in the western United States; mountainous in the west and north with the Great Plains in the east


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com Award-winning author and South Dakota native Suzanne Barta Julin presents A Marvelous Hundred Square Miles: Black Hills Tourism, 1880-1941, an engaging, in-depth history of the Black Hills mountain park, from its inception to the contributions of famous people who helped promote Black Hills tourism (such as Theodore Roosevelt, Calvin Coolidge, Nicholas Black Elk, and more), to the private organizations that labored to turn Black Hills into a popular destination despite its remote location.
com Award-winning author and South Dakota native Suzanne Barta Julin presents A Marvelous Hundred Square Miles: Black Hills Tourism, 1880-1941, an engaging, in-depth history of the Black Hills mountain park, from its inception to the contributions of famous people who helped promote Black Hills tourism (such as Theodore Roosevelt, Calvin Coolidge, Nicholas Black Elk, and more), to the private organizations that labored to turn Black Hills into a popular destination despite its remote location.
 
 
 
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