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Eagle Butte (Ziebach County, South Dakota)

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Eagle Butte is a summit in Ziebach County, South Dakota, in the United States.[1] With an elevation of 2,480 feet (760 m), Eagle Butte is the 439th highest summit in the state of South Dakota.[2]

Eagle Butte was so named on account of the area being a favorite hunting ground for eagles to be used for making war bonnets.[3]

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Eagle Butte (Ziebach County, South Dakota)
  2. ^ "Eagle Butte". Peakery.com. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  3. ^ Federal Writers' Project (1940). South Dakota place-names, v.1-3. University of South Dakota. p. 36.


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