Badlands

...Feeling ansy´? ..And the need 2 git´ away..? Then take off this weekend for deckstan´ County, ..With a´ peaceful Country back setting, "BoooM!?!" Full of friendly people, or are they..? "Howdy Neigbor! ..Ah #uck You!! ...Huh!?" And always, Cafe´ courtesy, "Shut uP & take YuR´ Order!!.." Yur´ in for a violent & Deceptive twist turn,.. As this wasn´t the Vacation you had in mind. Expecially with a´ Crooked ´Protect & Serve LocaL Sherrif! ..And of course, all all of yur´ lacal gentle hearted Country Club BiKer Gang, Tearing the community apart with their ways. A´ Place where no one is safe, Especially a´ unsuspecting Young Girl,.. Just passing through town, that finds herself trapped in the mids´t os chaos between their rivalry drug Wars & Deception, and she soon finds out that her one wrong turn could be her last. But, in the middle of the Druggie´ Drama, meets one Biker found willing to get her out, ..And escape the nightmare amoung them. But it wont be easy for either of them,.. For there is no rest or safe place in the Realm of those who don´t Sleep,.. & Never Stop! ..What was meant 2 Be a´ simple Shortcut, ..Turns out to be a Week She´d Never Forget..!!.. ! ...WeLCoMe 2 BadLaND... ...EnJoY YuR´ StaY........................................ ................(..Two YeaRS LaTeR..)............

History of the Badlands of South Dakota, is shown through pictures and postcards, telling the story of towns that flourished then disappeared or became ghost towns, when the railroad pushed through to the west.

To photographer Chuck Haney, the badlands of North America's high plains are a photographer's paradise and spiritual places that touch the soul. In these striking, arid landscapes, the only constant is change and erosion is king. Here, water and wind are nature's artists and historians, sculpting haunting landforms of sandstone and clay, and recounting the land's prehistory in layers of ancient sediments studded with fossils and bones.

Packed with 83 striking color photographs, Badlands Impressions truly captures the rugged terrain of these harsh and beautiful landscapes. In a journey spanning multiple states, including Kansas, Montana, Nebraska and North and South Dakota, Badlands Impressions will transport readers to the very best scenery our Badlands have to offer. Highlights include visits to Badlands National Park, Makoshika State Park in Montana, Little Missouri National Grasslands, Theodore Roosevelt National Park - and that's just the start!

Hattie sat down on the ground in the clearing and leaned back against a stump, raising her face to the warm autumn sun. She closed her eyes and sighed deeply. She knew if anyone could help BT now, it would be Red Wolfe. This thrilling second book in the Badlands Mystery Series finds three friends and amateur investigators, Hattie Gerald, Buffalo Thunder ["BT"], and Alan Wilson, once again embroiled in murder and mayhem on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation of South Dakota. Illegal fossil hunters are systematically stripping the sacred Lakota Stronghold of its treasures, and people begin mysteriously dying. Hattie, BT, and Alan are determined to stop the death and destruction, especially after BT's one true love becomes one of the victims. In a tale filled with the mystical influence of the Lakota culture, both past and present, the trio braves the deadly determination of those who would decimate the riches locked beneath the Stronghold in the heart of the Badlands. But it is the assistance of the spirits of the Badlands that is crucial to the friends' success. Overcoming traditional notions of rational thought proves difficult, but the three push on toward the inevitable clash between good and evil. Only the Spirits know which side will prevail .

The burnt-red badlands of Montana's Hell Creek are a vast graveyard of the Cretaceous dinosaurs that lived 68 million years ago. Those hills were, much later, also home to the Sioux, the Crows, and the Blackfeet, the first people to encounter the dinosaur fossils exposed by the elements. What did Native Americans make of these stone skeletons, and how did they explain the teeth and claws of gargantuan animals no one had seen alive? Did they speculate about their deaths? Did they collect fossils? Beginning in the East, with its Ice Age monsters, and ending in the West, where dinosaurs lived and died, this richly illustrated and elegantly written book examines the discoveries of enormous bones and uses of fossils for medicine, hunting magic, and spells. Well before Columbus, Native Americans observed the mysterious petrified remains of extinct creatures and sought to understand their transformation to stone. In perceptive creation stories, they visualized the remains of extinct mammoths, dinosaurs, pterosaurs, and marine creatures as Monster Bears, Giant Lizards, Thunder Birds, and Water Monsters. Their insights, some so sophisticated that they anticipate modern scientific theories, were passed down in oral histories over many centuries. Drawing on historical sources, archaeology, traditional accounts, and extensive personal interviews, Adrienne Mayor takes us from Aztec and Inca fossil tales to the traditions of the Iroquois, Navajos, Apaches, Cheyennes, and Pawnees. Fossil Legends of the First Americans represents a major step forward in our understanding of how humans made sense of fossils before evolutionary theory developed.

1001 Natural Wonders You Must See Before You Die explores every continent and ocean on the planet for a once-in-a-lifetime experiences that you can revisit time and time again.