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Windmills on the National Grasslands

Graphic of South Dakota, a green dot showing the location of the National Grassland.

Fort Pierre National Grassland
South Dakota

By Carol Erickson

A sentinel of bygone homestead days, located on the. Nels/South pasture, Lyman County, South Dakota, Fort Pierre National Grassland.

A windmill without blades, only the vane and tower remainig, on a grassland.