Monday April 19th, day #9

Went on the Minuteman Missile tour which was very interesting.  The US put all these missile sites on people's farms in South Dakota with nuclear missiles and they had 15 control centers controlling 150 missiles.  Because of the Start Treaty signed by Reagan, the missiles and the control centers were destroyed but they preserved a missile and a control center (a control center controls 15 missiles) to give a tour of. It was very interesting.   Below are pictures from both the control centers and a missile silo.  


From there I drove to Spearfish, SD which is a beautiful canyon.  It's actually right near Mt. Rushmore but since I was just there on a previous trip I didn't bother going again.  Spent the night in Spearfish.

Missile Silo

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Control Center Living Quarters (above ground)

Control Center Living Quarters (above ground)

Vault Entrance for Missilers

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Spearfish Canyon

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