Interesting Facts about South Dakota

• In the floods of 1881, a church at Green Islands was swept away intact. The story was told that it was seen floating down the river with its bell tolling.
• During the skirmish at the murder of Sitting Bull, his horse performed many of the tricks his owner had taught him as they traveled with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
• On his visit to the Black Hills, President Calvin Coolidge gained a reputation as a golfer. He did not know that the greens had been altered for his benefit, so as to slope toward the holes.
• The Nystrom Bank at Wall did not close during Franklin D. Roosevelt's 1933 bank holiday--the only one in the country not to. No one had thought to notify the owner.