Sioux Falls

Sioux Falls
a city in SE South Dakota. 81,343.

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City (pop., 2000: 123,975), southeastern South Dakota, U.S. Founded in 1857, the area was abandoned in 1862 following an Indian uprising.

With the establishment of Fort Dakota on the site in 1865 the settlers gradually returned. Sioux Falls is the state's largest city, and it is a commercial and financial centre in a livestock-farming region, with one of the largest livestock markets in the U.S. Nearby was one of the world's first commercial nuclear power plants, decommissioned in 1967. The Earth Resource Observation Systems (EROS) Data Center is located in the city.

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      city, seat (1868) of Minnehaha county, southeastern South Dakota, U.S. It lies on the Big Sioux River, near the Iowa and Minnesota state lines.

       Sioux Indians occupied the area when the town site, which was named for the falls of the river, was founded in 1857 by land speculators. In 1862 the conflict between the Sioux and the settlers in southwestern Minnesota spilled over into Sioux Falls, and the town was abandoned and burned. Fort Dakota was established on the site three years later, and settlers began to return. The arrival of the railroad in 1878 contributed greatly to population growth; today the city is headquarters of the Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad Corporation and the Iowa, Chicago & Eastern Railroad Corporation. Quarrying and polishing of rose quartzite, found throughout the region and used for monuments and construction, was an important industry in the 1880s. Financial problems and a plague of grasshoppers caused an economic downturn in the 1890s, but improvements began in the early 20th century, including the opening of a meatpacking plant in 1909. Because of the laxity of South Dakota divorce laws, Sioux Falls was famous (c. 1890–1910) as a place to get an easy and quick divorce.

      The city, by far the largest in the state, is a regional trade, distribution, and health care centre. Its stockyards are among the world's busiest, and meat processing is a major industry. Other agriculture in the region includes corn (maize), soybeans, and dairy products. Sioux Falls is a major centre of credit-card operations and other financial services, an industry that began with the arrival of one large corporation in the early 1980s and now comprises several companies. Manufactures include computers and computer parts, plastics, electronics, packaging labels, cabinets, window parts, and painting equipment. Sioux Falls Regional Airport is the state's largest.

      Educational facilities include Augustana College (1860), the University of Sioux Falls (1883), North American Baptist Seminary, Kilian Community College (1977), Southeast Technical Institute (1968), and a centre (1992) combining educational programs from Dakota State University, South Dakota State University, and the University of South Dakota (South Dakota, University of). The state penitentiary and a school for the deaf are also in the city. The Washington Pavilion of Arts and Science (1999) is the home of the South Dakota Symphony Orchestra and also includes art galleries, theatres, and a science centre. The Great Plains Zoo, located in Sherman Park, is the site of the Delbridge Museum of Natural History. Regional history is preserved in the Old Courthouse (1893) and the Pettigrew Home (1889). The Earth Resources Observation Systems (EROS) Data Center, an information-processing centre that serves as an archive for geographic data obtained from satellites, aircraft, and cartographic surveys, is about 15 miles (25 km) north of the city. Also nearby are Palisades State Park and Big Sioux and Lake Alvin recreation areas. Inc. village, 1876; city, 1883. Pop. (1990) city, 100,814; Sioux Falls MSA, 139,236; (2000) city, 123,975; Sioux Falls MSA, 172,412.

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