The story
Depression-era WPA workers built these scientifically-inaccurate concrete dinosaurs to capitalize on Mount Rushmore tourism.
Everything that was here
- 1936–present · still open
Dinosaur ParkPark
Depression-era WPA workers built these scientifically-inaccurate concrete dinosaurs to capitalize on Mount Rushmore tourism.
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Connected places
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Nearby history
West Boulevard Historic District
803 West Boulevard · 703 m away
Rapid City's gold-boom elite platted a 190-foot-wide boulevard with a landscaped median in 1885, and more than 600 of th
Art Alley
Alley between 6th & 7th St (Main to St Joseph) · 1.3 km away
What began as unsanctioned canvases hung on downtown brick walls in the early 2000s grew into a permit-managed, constant
Hotel Alex Johnson
523 6th Street · 1.4 km away
A railroad executive's Tudor-Revival skyscraper hotel broke ground one day before work started on Mount Rushmore, and it
Firehouse Brewing Co.
610 Main Street · 1.4 km away
South Dakota's first brewpub poured its first pint inside a 1915 fire hall that served Rapid City's fire department unti
Duhamel Trading Post
522 6th Street · 1.4 km away
A Canadian-born saddle maker's hardware store grew into the largest saddle supplier in the United States and a legendary
Elks Theatre
512 6th Street · 1.4 km away
A 1911 Elks Lodge meeting hall-turned-movie palace sat flood-damaged and vacant for two years, then reopened to reveal a
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