Sioux Falls Wedding

Sioux Falls (pronounced "sue falls") is the largest city in the state of South Dakota. The 2006 city population, according to the census bureau, is 144,900. The county seat of Minnehaha CountyGR6, Sioux Falls is the primary city of a metro area of 211,500. Chartered in 1856 on the banks of the Big Sioux River, many recognize Sioux Falls for its natural scenery, which includes a bike and walking trail that winds around the Big Sioux River. Situated on the prairie of the Great Plains at the junction of I-90 and I-29, Sioux Falls is a unique center of urban and rural interaction. Sioux Falls features a progressive business climate, many cultural venues, safe neighborhoods, and a suburban character, making Sioux Falls a vibrant and healthy community.

The history of Sioux Falls revolves around the cascades of the Big Sioux River. The falls were created about 14,000 years ago when the last glacial ice sheet redirected the flow of the river into the large looping bends of its present course. Fueled by water from the melting ice, the river exposed the underlying Sioux quartzite bedrock, the hard pinkish stone of the falls. The quartzite itself is about a billion and a half years old. It began as sediments deposited on the bottom of an ancient, shallow sea.