From Introduction: "The purpose of this investigation was to examine the question of the availability of geothermal energy and in particular the availability of geothermal energy from the Black Hills of South Dakota.

South Dakota Presentation to Base Realignment and Closure Commission, Rapid City

Executive Correspondence – Letter dtd 06/28/05 to Commissioners Bilbray, Skinner, and Coyle from Senator Tim Johnson (SD) thanking them for participating in the Rapid City Regional Hearing and reiterating his support for retaining Ellsworth AFB.

Executive Correspondence – Letter dtd 07/07/05 to Chairman Principi from Terry Weisenberg, Chairman of the Black Hills Council of Local Governments (SD) writing in support of retaining Ellsworth AFB.

MEDIA BRIEFING BOOK RAPID CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA REGIONAL HEARING ELLSWORTH AIR FORCE BASE, SD A. Media Advisory B. Suggested Talking Points for Installation Visit C. Suggested Qs & As for Installation Visit D. Sampling of Local Media Coverage Relating to BRAC

Memorandum of meeting with General Michael Loh (USAF Ret.) and congressional and community representatives regarding Ellsworth Air Force Base, SD.

Department of Defense Clearinghouse Response: DoD Clearinghouse response to an e-mail from the BRAC Commission regarding Ellsworth Air Force Base.

Regional Hearing - State Input from Mount Rushmore to the BRAC Commission.

Regional Hearing - State Input from Rapid City, SD to the BRAC Commission. Includes the Newspaper clippings.

Airfield Pavements Ellsworth AFB

Regional Hearing - Intinerary for BRAC Commissioner Visit to Ellsworth AFB

State Input - Regional Hearing from Ellsworth AFB, SD to the BRAC Commission.

Regional Hearing Book - South Dakota Regional Hearing

Executive Correspondence – Letter dated 7/6/2005 to Commissioners Skinner, Bilbray, and Coyle from Pennington County (SD) Commissioners Kjerstad-Chairperson, Kirkeby - Vice Chairperson, Coffing, Davis, and Holbrook of Rapid City South Dakota thanking the BRAC Commissioners for visiting Ellsworth AFB and taking testimony at the BRAC regional hearing.

Executive Correspondence - Letters from Senator Bill Frist, M.D. to Commissioner Gehman and Commissioner Newton, regarding DoD recommendations for Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota.

Executive Correspondence – Letter to General Newton from the Majority Leader in the Senate, William Frist urging the BRAC Commission to keep Ellsworth AFB in South Dakota open.

Executive Correspondence – Letter dtd 07/14/2005 to Chairman Principi from Robert Mallow, Chairman of the Board of Meade County Commissioners in Sturgis, SD advising the BRAC Commission that Meade County Board of Commissioners has passed a unanimous resolution supporting the removal of Ellsworth AFB from the BRAC list.

Executive Correspondence – Letter dtd 07/29/2005 to Chairman Principi from Senators Tim Johnson, John Thune, and Representative Stephanie Herseth stating the DoD may not have properly evaluated specific risk assessment data when formulating their list of base closures. Attached is a detailed analysis to the BRAC Commission titled “Severe Weather Hazard Frequency Comparison Ellsworth AFB vs. Dyess AFB”

Community Correspondence - 2 Letters from concerned citizens Brian McKiernan and David and Deanna Leivestad voicing their concern regarding the closure of Ellsworth AFB

Patent for the construction of "metallic spokes" for bicycles and similar wheels (Lines 12-13) which use broad or double tire wheels (line 15).

Patent for an improvement on vehicle wheels to "provide a novel and inexpensive safety-guard for wheels of the above-referred-to class, whereby the wheel will be prevented from entering crevices and cracks" (lines 14-18) and to improve durability.

Patent for a strong, durable, and inexpensive vehicle-wheel in children's carriages with a double-felly wheel meant to broaden "the tread thereof sufficiently to prevent the wheels falling into cracks between boards of board walks, such as are common in the suburbs or rural districts" (lines 15-19). The spokes are like that of a single-felly wheel.

Technical report issued by the Bureau of Mines over the different uses of gypsum. The sources and uses of gypsum are presented and discussed. This report includes tables, photographs, and illustrations.

From introduction: This report details the reconnaissance for uraniferous lignites in North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, and Wyoming during 1948 and 1949.