Gidan shakatawa na Jihar Makoshika

Makoshika State Park ("ma-KO-sh(ih)kuh" daga Lakota Mako sica, ma'ana 'ƙasa mara kyau' ko 'ƙasar da ba ta da kyau')"Makoshika State Park". Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks. Retrieved September 19, 2012.  yanki ne na kiyaye yanayi da kuma wurin shakatawa na jama'a wanda ke gefen kudu maso gabashin Glendive a cikin gundumar Dawson, Montana . Wurin shakatawa na jihar ya ƙunshi badlands dauke da burbushin dinosaur da dutse daga Tsarin Jahannama .  Ita ce mafi girma a cikin wuraren shakatawa na jihar Montana a sama da kadada 11,000 (45). km2 ku )."Now You Know". Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks. 2017. Archived from the original on November 5, 2020. Retrieved June 13, 2018. Largest—Makoshika near Glendive, with 11,531 acres. 

 Tarihin wurin shakatawa 
A cikin 1938, Glendive Chamber of Commerce ta ba da shawarar shafin a matsayin filin shakatawa na Badlands. Sakataren majalisar K. E. Burleigh ya rubuta wa jami'an tarayya, yana neman su "bincike wurin shakatawa na mu, za mu yi farin ciki sosai da nuna musu kuma za mu yaba da duk wani yunkuri a bangarenku don samun wurin shakatawa da aka kafa kusa da Glendive, kamar yadda kuka san muna da takaice sosai a kan shimfidar wurare da wuraren sha'awa, kuma na yi imanin cewa zai zama hanya ɗaya don dakatar da masu yawon bude ido a Glendive na rana ɗaya ko biyu. "

Shafin ya zama wurin shakatawa na jihar a 1939, lokacin da Dawson County ta ba da gudummawar kadada 160 ga jihar. Wani kadada 80 ne gundumar ta ba da gudummawa a 1953. Jihar ta sami ƙarin ƙasashe daga Ofishin Gudanar da Kasa na Amurka, Dawson County, da masu mallakar ƙasa masu zaman kansu a cikin shekaru biyar masu zuwa."Makoshika State Park Management Plan". Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks. December 2013. p. 2. Archived from the original on October 21, 2020. Retrieved June 29, 2020.

 Abubuwan da aka gano 
Burbushin Dinosaur da aka gano a ciki da kusa da wurin shakatawa sun haɗa da misalai na Triceratops da Thescelosaurus. An gano kwanyar triceratops mai nauyin kilo 600 mai tsawon mita 5.5 a cikin 1991. An nuna kwanyar a cibiyar baƙi ta wurin shakatawa. A shekara ta 1997, wani burbushin burbushin thescelosaurus da aka dauka a matsayin mafi girma kuma mafi cikakkiyar kwarangwal na irin sa an samo shi ta hanyar balaguron da Jack Horner da Bob Harmon suka jagoranta.

 Dabbobi na daji 
Turkiya tsuntsaye, prairie falcons, da golden eagles suna yin gidansu a wurin shakatawa.

 Ayyuka da abubuwan more rayuwa 
Gidan shakatawa yana da cibiyar baƙi tare da ilimin ƙasa da nune-nunen burbushin halittu, hanyoyin wasan kwaikwayo, hanyoyin yanayi, sansanin, yankin harbi, filin wasa, da wuraren shakatawa. Abubuwan da suka faru sun haɗa da bikin "Buzzard Day" na shekara-shekara."Makoshika State Park". Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks. Retrieved September 19, 2012

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