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grade. Visitors can draw themselves into a wall to see how they measure up to a mammoth, bison and prairie dog. They also can sit in a combine cab to harvest corn, see pictures of landscapes and handle pelts, feathers and claws of animals. •
Tour Mount Rushmore's famous faces with a phone
• MOUNT RUSHMORE NATIONAL MEMORIAL, S.D. (AP) - Touring Mount Rushmore National Memorial is now as easy as turning to your phone or iPad. • A new mobile application called Mount Rushmore Virtual Tour allows people to explore the famous mountain carving and park grounds without leaving the comfort of their home. • The application is part of a five-year partnership between the National Park Service and CyArk, a nonprofit project of the Kacyra Family Foundation, to digitally preserve Mount Rushmore. • The virtual tour allows visitors to see the sculpture up close. It includes maps, images and three-dimensional laser scans. An audio tour of the park is also available. •
Smokejumpers help contain Black Hills wildfire
• RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) - Smokejumpers who parachuted into the Black Hills have helped douse a wildfire in near Edgemont, but a second fire continued to burn just a few miles away Wednesday. • The Parker Peak Fire was contained Tuesday night with the help of about a dozen smokejumpers from Rawlins, Wyo., fire spokesman Brian Scott said.
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