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Park visitors, much to their delight, often encounter the horses while driving or hiking in the rolling, colorful badlands where a young, future President Theodore Roosevelt hunted and engaged in cattle ranching in the 1880s in what was then Dakota Territory.
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Jack Dura, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Apr. 2024
The 70,000-acre park protects a landscape in transition, where the great plains meet the canyons of the badlands.
—Graham Averill, Outside Online, 16 Sep. 2024
But the badlands of neighboring North Dakota were more consequential for American history.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 4 Sep. 2024
Picture: rugged mountains, dense forests, deep canyons, mesmerizing badlands, and blue-ribbon rivers.
—Outside Online, 5 Aug. 2024
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Jack Dura, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Apr. 2024
The 70,000-acre park protects a landscape in transition, where the great plains meet the canyons of the badlands.
—Graham Averill, Outside Online, 16 Sep. 2024
But the badlands of neighboring North Dakota were more consequential for American history.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 4 Sep. 2024
Picture: rugged mountains, dense forests, deep canyons, mesmerizing badlands, and blue-ribbon rivers.
—Outside Online, 5 Aug. 2024
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“Badland.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/badland. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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