Hill City, South Dakota
During our drive from North to South Dakota yesterday, we drove through the middle of the United States, literally.
The geographic center of the nation was determined to be in Lebanon, Kansas until Alaska and Hawaii were awarded statehood. That shifted the center 440 miles to a private ranch 20 miles north of Belle Fourche, South Dakota.
So Lebanon can claim to be the geographic center of the 48 contiguous states, and Belle Fourche of all 50 states.
Belle Fourche is a small cowboy town. In fact in the movie The Cowboys the final destination of the cattle drive was Belle Fourche. 
FYI The stuttering scene with Stuttering Bob in The Cowboys is the funniest ever… It ends with “You son of a bitch!”
If I had decent Internet, I’d post a link but alas I don’t…
You can find it with the following search string: The Cowboys stuttering scene. Enjoy!
Or this might work.
www.YouTube.com/watch?v=rBBS_tC4eRE
The link worked. One of my favorite movies way back when. Wonder if it holds us with time?
I haven’t watched it in years, Carol. But when I was searching for the clip, I was surprised that speech therapists like it.
LOL! My favorite about speech therapists….”Many a river.”