Small Towns

Every entry in this section3 entries

• 01

  Deadwood in a Gulch

  A town wedged into a narrow canyon, and what that did to its shape.

  By the Prairie & Pine survey · Small Towns · 3 min read
• 02

  Rapid City, at the Hinge

  Where the plains meet the hills, and the town that grew on the seam.

  By the Prairie & Pine survey · Small Towns · 2 min read
• 03

  Sioux Falls and the Quartzite

  Pink rock, a river falling over it, and a city built from the same stone.

  By the Prairie & Pine survey · Small Towns · 2 min read

Small places are read the same way as landforms here — by what is underneath them and what that allowed.

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