Buttes

Buttes of South Dakota

These upthrusts of rock really do look like one edge of the earth just shoved another edge up toward the sky. Some of them are mind-bogglingly tall and huge. Others are almost delicate looking in the near-distance. Looking at them today, I can really see why settlers, and the Souix and other tribes before them, chose to embrace the wild beauty of this land.

Psst. Buttes are pronounced with a long-U sound. No comments from the peanut gallery. :)


Buttes of South Dakota