White River Badlands : its history and characters /
"Dubbed Mako Sica by the Lakotas and les Mauvaises Terres by the French, South Dakota's White River Badlands is famous for its stunning vistas of saw-toothed ridges, dry-wash canyons, and looming mesas and pinnacles, which attract millions of visitors to Badlands National Park every year....
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Pierre :
South Dakota Historical Society Press,
[2025]
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Table of Contents:
- Vast, mysterious, and unknown
- The fossil hunters
- The promoters' trail
- The Lakotas' Badlands refuge
- In quest of gold
- The first town in the Badlands
- Denizens of the Badlands, 1890-1896
- George Porch and his legacy
- The cattle barons and their open range
- Homesteaders in the unconquerable Badlands
- Big leases, big celebrations, and big busts
- The last hundred years.