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Known to the Lakota Sioux as "Laughing Waters", the Big Sioux River winds throughout the city of Sioux Falls. Sioux Falls takes its name from scenic cascades formed 14,000 years ago as Ice Age glaciers retreated. The shifting ice also exposed pinkish, quartzite bedrock, which was used to construct many of the city's older buildings. Visitors can watch the river as it flows over the powerful falls from four viewing areas in Falls Park, one of which is a five-story observation tower. The Big Sioux River Recreation Trail and Greenway is a 16-mile-trail that begins at Falls Park and loops around the city providing walking, jogging, and biking trails as well as areas for in-line skating.
The Falls Park Sound and Light Show plays 30 minutes after dusk from Memorial Day through Labor Day. Sioux Falls is South Dakota's largest city and the center of commerce for the eastern part of the state. A good place to start a tour of the city is at one of the two Siouxland Heritage Museums: either the Old Courthouse with its Romanesque architecture or the Pettigrew Home which is designed in the Queen Anne style. While at the museums, pick up a map of the city's historic district and take some time to explore the Gothic, neocolonial, Queen Anne and Tudor architecture that dots the hilly parts of town.
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