Chicago IL

We drove through Minnesota and Wisconsin and are now in Chicago Illinois. This will probably be the last post of our road trip. We head back toward NC tomorrow and will be on the interstates with no blog-worthy picture taking opportunities. Thank you for viewing this blog!

Chicago

Minnesota

Wisconsin

South and North Dakota

Today we are traveling from South Dakota into North Dakota.

South Dakota Farmlands Crop Dusting

South Dakota Farmlands

North Dakota Sunflowers

North Dakota Farmlands

Belle Fourche SD

Today we drove north to Spearfish SD, incorporated in 1888, and Belle Fourche SD, the site of the geographic center of the fifty United States. 

Deadwood SD

Deadwood SD was established in 1876 during the Black Hills gold rush. Miners found gold in a narrow canyon, and the area became known as "Deadwood Gulch" because of the many dead trees that lined the canyon walls at the time. Some of the early town residents included Wild Bill Hickok and Calamity Jane. Deadwood is the only city in the US to be named a National Historic Landmark.

Crazy Horse Memorial

In the Black Hills of South Dakota rests the Crazy Horse Memorial, welcome center, and museum, paying tribute to the Native American warrior. Crazy Horse is best known for fighting George Armstrong Custer at the Battle of the Little Big Horn. The sculpture was started in 1948 by Korczak Ziolkowski and is a work in progress, being continued by Ziolkowski's wife and children.