Spearfish Canyon Could Become South Dakota’s next State Park

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — An area of the northern Black Hills that architect Frank Lloyd Wright once called more miraculous than the Grand Canyon may soon become part of South Dakota's next state park.

The Spearfish Canyon Foundation is buying 72 acres of former Homestake Mine property featuring picturesque Spearfish Falls. The tract will eventually be titled over to the state of South Dakota, allowing the Game, Fish and Parks Department to repair a washed-out bridge and improve trails to reach the falls.

A far grander plan introduced by Gov. Dennis Daugaard during his State of the State Address this past week calls for taking various state-owned parcels in Spearfish Canyon and swapping others with the federal government to piece together what would become Spearfish Canyon State Park.

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