"Wall Drug includes a western art museum, a chapel based on the one found at New Melleray Abbey near Dubuque, Iowa, and an brontosaurus that can be seen right off Interstate 90. It was designed by Emmet Sullivan who also created the dinosaurs at Dinosaur Park in Rapid City and Dinosaur World in Arkansas. Wall Drug earns much of its fame from its self-promotion. Billboards advertising the establishment can be seen for hundreds of miles throughout South Dakota and the neighboring states. In addition, many visitors of Wall Drug have erected signs throughout the world announcing the miles to Wall"
"Wall Drug Wall Drug Store, often called simply Wall Drug, is a tourist attraction located in the town of Wall, South Dakota. It is a shopping mall consisting of a drug store, gift shop, restaurants and various other stores. Unlike a traditional shopping mall, all the stores at Wall Drug operate under a single entity instead of being individually run stores. ""The New York Times"" has described Wall Drug as ""a sprawling tourist attraction of international renown [that] draws some two million annual visitors to a remote town."" The small town drugstore made its first step towards fame when it"
"and labels."" Hoffelt Drug Store The Hoffelt Drug Store, located at 212 Main St. in Estelline, South Dakota, was built in 1911. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008. It is a one-story commercial building with a brick facade with concrete accents. It was deemed architecturally notable as ""an excellent example of a one-part, vernacular commercial block constructed in Hamlin County during the early twentieth century. This building is not only intact, but its contents are intact, with most of the original furnishings, including soda fountain, tables and chairs, light fixtures, cabinets and even pharmaceutical"
"Drug from famous locations. By 1981 Wall Drug was claiming it was giving away 20,000 cups of water per day during the peak tourist season, lasting from Memorial Day until Labor Day, and during the hottest days of the summer. Most of Wall Drug's advertisement billboards can be found on an approximately stretch of Interstate 90 from Minnesota to Billings, Montana. The signs are created by South Dakota billboard artists, including Dobby Hansen and Barry Knutson of Philip. To date, Wall Drug still offers free ice water, but as they have become more popular, they have started to offer free"
"towards the famous Wall Drug Store and other local tourist attractions. South Boulevard passes a local high school before becoming a divided highway and crossing the former Chicago and Northwestern Railway line. East of that line, the route is diverted onto two bi-directional frontage roads that once flanked the former US 14/16. At Glen Street BL 90 turns south at the corner of a museum dedicated to the Battle of Wounded Knee, ending one block later at exit 110, which is also shared by the western terminus of South Dakota Highway 240. Interstate 90 Business is a business loop of"
"April 2010. A portion of the tax will help fund arts programs in the city. Many signs advertise local restaurants and shops in the coming miles, and are crucial to drawing business in small towns. One example is Wall Drug, which in 1936 erected billboards advertising ""free ice water"". The town of Wall, South Dakota, was essentially built around the many thousands of customers per day those billboards brought in (20,000 in 1981). Some signs were placed at great distances, with slogans such as ""only 827 miles to Wall Drug, with FREE ice water."" In some areas the signs were"
"Star sells fresh medicines and goods in remote communities. South Star Drug South Star Drug is a chain of drugstores in the Philippines. It was established in 1937 as a small business venture engaged in the retail of Chinese herbal medicines, located in Naga City, Philippines. South Star Drug was formerly known as Southern Drug (1937-1950) and New South Star Drug (1950-1990s). It faced competition from Mercury Drug (which has been the second oldest established drugstore chain eight years after South Star Drug was established) and Watsons. Today, South Star Drug, otherwise known as SSD, belongs to the top 1,000"
"South Dakota, United States. It is located on the west side of U.S. 385 and is about 6.5 miles south of the ghost town Pluma, South Dakota. Lead, South Dakota is located to the north. The NRHP-listed John Hill Ranch-Keltomaki is located near the town site. Brownsville, South Dakota Brownsville, also known as Avalon, Esther's Place, and Anderson's Place, is an unincorporated community in Lawrence County, South Dakota. The town was originally a lumber camp, and it was named for contractor David Brown. It is the nearest community to John Hill Ranch-Keltomaki, which is listed on the U.S. National Register"
"Hoffelt Drug Store The Hoffelt Drug Store, located at 212 Main St. in Estelline, South Dakota, was built in 1911. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008. It is a one-story commercial building with a brick facade with concrete accents. It was deemed architecturally notable as ""an excellent example of a one-part, vernacular commercial block constructed in Hamlin County during the early twentieth century. This building is not only intact, but its contents are intact, with most of the original furnishings, including soda fountain, tables and chairs, light fixtures, cabinets and even pharmaceutical tools, bottles"
"Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), in 2010 a single CVS pharmacy in Sanford ordered 1.8 million oxycodone pills, an average of 137,994 pills a month. Other pharmacy customers in Florida averaged 5,364 oxycodone pills a month. DEA investigators serving a warrant to a CVS pharmacy in Sanford on October 18, 2011 noted that ""approximately every third car that came through the drive-thru lane had prescriptions for oxycodone or hydrocodone."" According to the DEA, a pharmacist at that location stated to investigators that ""her customers often requested certain brands of oxycodone using street slang,"" an indicator that the drugs were being diverted"
"a warrant to a CVS pharmacy in Sanford on October 18, 2011, noted that ""approximately every third car that came through the drive-thru lane had prescriptions for oxycodone or hydrocodone"". According to the DEA, a pharmacist at that location stated to investigators that ""her customers often requested certain brands of oxycodone using street slang"", an indicator that the drugs were being diverted and not used for legitimate pain management. In response, CVS in a statement issued February 17 in response to opioid trafficking questions from ""USA Today"" said the company is committed to working with the DEA and had taken"
"South Star Drug South Star Drug is a chain of drugstores in the Philippines. It was established in 1937 as a small business venture engaged in the retail of Chinese herbal medicines, located in Naga City, Philippines. South Star Drug was formerly known as Southern Drug (1937-1950) and New South Star Drug (1950-1990s). It faced competition from Mercury Drug (which has been the second oldest established drugstore chain eight years after South Star Drug was established) and Watsons. Today, South Star Drug, otherwise known as SSD, belongs to the top 1,000 corporations of the Philippines. It has spread out its"
"Thrifty White Thrifty White Pharmacy (also known as White Drug and Thrifty Drug) is an American pharmacy chain with operations in six states, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Iowa headquartered in Plymouth, MN. It specializes in filling prescriptions, long term care consulting, community outreach, and specialty services. As of September 2016, Thrifty White received full URAC accreditation for its specialty pharmacy. The first White Drug opened in Jamestown, North Dakota in 1884 by Mr. and Mrs. H.E. White. There were 38 White Drug Stores when it merged with Thrifty Drug in 1985. Thrifty Drug was founded in"
"became an Olympic qualifying event. After CVS bought Revco, the race became known as the ""CVS Marathon and 10K"" before CVS dropped its sponsorship in the early 2000s (decade). The race is now sponsored by Rite Aid. Revco Revco Discount Drug Stores (known simply as Revco or Revco, D.S.), once based in Twinsburg, Ohio, was a major drug store chain operating through the Ohio Valley, the Mid-Atlantic states, and the Southeastern United States. The chain's stock was traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol RXR. When it was sold, the chain had over 2,500 stores. Revco,"
"South Dakota Highway 258 South Dakota Highway 258 (SD 258) is a state highway in Aurora County, South Dakota. It runs from Interstate 90 (I-90) to U.S. Route 281 (US 281), and is maintained by the South Dakota Department of Transportation (SDDOT). The route is not a part of the National Highway System. SD 258 begins at a diamond interchange with exit 308 of I-90 and travels north. The route enters the city of Plankinton almost immediately and continues north. The highway turns east onto Davenport Street in Plankinton and a curve takes the highway to the northeast. After leaving"
"USA Drug USA Drug is a convenience store and pharmacy chain in the United States that operates more than 160 stores in Arkansas, Oklahoma, Mississippi, Missouri, and Tennessee. It was founded in Pine Bluff, Arkansas in 1986. Its headquarters are still located in Pine Bluff with additional offices in Little Rock, Arkansas, Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Memphis, Tennessee. Its parent company, Walgreens, operates Super D Drug Stores and Ikes Deep Discount Drug, both acquired in October 1997, and May's Drug, Med-X Drug, Drug Warehouse, and Drug Mart, all acquired in July 2004, as ""Part of the USA Drug Family"". Wal-Mart and"
"Revco Revco Discount Drug Stores (known simply as Revco or Revco, D.S.), once based in Twinsburg, Ohio, was a major drug store chain operating through the Ohio Valley, the Mid-Atlantic states, and the Southeastern United States. The chain's stock was traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol RXR. When it was sold, the chain had over 2,500 stores. Revco, originally known as Registered Vitamin Company, was founded in 1956 in Detroit, Michigan by Sidney Dworkin and Bernie Shulman. Dworkin led Revco until 1986 as CEO, and then he served as chairman until 1987. Up to 1983,"
"""Time"" magazine as one of the largest tourist attractions in the north. In his 1989 book """", Bill Bryson wrote, ""It's an awful place, one of the world's worst tourist traps, but I loved it and I won't have a word said against it."" The history of Wall Drug was told in a two-episode story arc of the podcast ""The Radio Adventures of Dr. Floyd"". In 2016 ""Z Nation"" featured Wall Drug in season 3, episode 8. Wall Drug Wall Drug Store, often called simply Wall Drug, is a tourist attraction located in the town of Wall, South Dakota. It"
"Longs Drugs Longs Drugs is an American chain with approximately 40 drugstores throughout the state of Hawaii. Before being acquired by CVS Health in 2008, it was a chain of over 500 stores, located primarily on the West Coast of the United States. Besides Hawaii, it had stores located in California, Nevada, Arizona, Alaska, Colorado, Oregon, and Washington, and was headquartered in Walnut Creek, California. The first store was founded in 1938 as Longs Self-Service Drugs, by brothers Thomas and Joseph Long (son-in-law of Marion Barton Skaggs, co-founder of Safeway Inc.), when they opened their first store on Piedmont Avenue"
"Maverick Junction, South Dakota Maverick Junction (), South Dakota, is a small, unincorporated community located in Fall River County, South Dakota at the intersection of South Dakota Highway 79 and US Highways 18 and 385, approximately 5 miles southeast of Hot Springs. Like many highway intersections in the Black Hills, Maverick Junction has been known by this name for many years; the origin of the name is not known, but is most likely the original name of a truck stop or other business located at this key road junction. From Maverick Junction: Although located outside the city limits of Hot"
"South Dakota Highway 40 South Dakota Highway 40 (SD 40) is a state highway in southwest South Dakota. The highway is just over long and runs from U.S. Route 16A (US 16A) in Keystone to Bureau of Indian Affairs Highway 41 in Red Shirt. The highway runs near Mount Rushmore National Memorial in Keystone, and its eastern terminus is on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation near the edge of Badlands National Park. SD 40 was established along its current route in 1976; the SD 40 designation was originally used on a highway that is now part of SD 44. SD"
"Miracle Mart (North Dakota) Miracle Mart was a supermarket chain with locations in Bismarck and Minot, North Dakota. The chain began with a single location in Minot, North Dakota, which had existed for some time before it was purchased by Iowa businessman Steve Barlow in 1976. The chain expanded in 1999 with the purchase of Minot's SunMart locations from the Nash Finch Company. In 2002, a Barlow-owned Econofoods location in Bismarck was rebranded as a Miracle Mart, bringing the total number of locations to five. In 2005, the three Miracle Mart locations in Minot were sold to the owners of"
"as the convenience of 52 locations in metropolitan Toledo, professionalism of pharmacists, generic prescription savings, senior citizen discounts, baby club, award-winning health information pamphlets, extended business hours, computerized pharmacy data systems, and 6 optical centers with eye exams available at the Southland location. In 1988, TV and radio ads ran for Lane's (later using the People's name) featuring Dixie Carter and Annie Potts from the then-popular ""Designing Women"" television series. The slogan read ""Lane (or People’s) Drug: The convenience you want, the savings you deserve."" Print ads were run for groups of stores for a ""grand reopening"" as the stores"
"South Dakota Highway 262 South Dakota Highway 262 (SD 262) is a state highway in the U.S. state of South Dakota that runs from Interstate 90 (I-90) near Alexandria to SD 42 in Bridgewater. It is maintained by the South Dakota Department of Transportation (SDDOT), and is not part of the National Highway System. SD 262 begins at a diamond interchange with I-90 in rural Hanson County and heads south. The road almost immediately enters the city of Alexandria and takes the name of Spruce Street. In Alexandria, the route curves to the southeast and parallels a railroad. After this,"
"on interstate highways. The cameras are operated by Redflex Holdings and are reported to provide approximately $4.5 million per year for the city budget. The state of South Dakota has been refusing to provide addresses associated with licence plates due to the large number of South Dakota residents fined by Sioux City. Sioux City Transit, the local public transit organization, operates several bus lines within the city. Buses transfer downtown in the Martin Luther King Jr. Transportation Center at 505 Nebraska Street. The Sioux City Paratransit serves members of the community who would otherwise not be able to travel by"
"Drug Fair Drug Fair was the name of a chain of drugstores based in New Jersey. The company kept its headquarters in Somerset, New Jersey and was founded in 1954. In addition to its drugstore chain Drug Fair also owned and operated Cost Cutters, a discount drug and general merchandise chain which sold many of the same items and often did business in the same areas as Drug Fair stores. Like its competitor CVS had in the previous decade, in the 2000s Drug Fair introduced a discount card called ""We Care,"" which was the company's slogan. The card was good"
"free coffee and doughnuts to service personnel if they stopped in on their way to or from Ellsworth Air Force Base ( west on Interstate 90). Wall Drug still offers free coffee and donuts to active military personnel. Ted Hustead died in 1999. The following day, South Dakota Governor Bill Janklow began his annual State of the State address by commemorating Hustead as ""a guy that figured out that free ice water could turn you into a phenomenal success in the middle of a semi-arid desert way out in the middle of someplace."" In 1981, Wall Drug was featured in"
"Lawtons Lawtons is a Canadian drug store chain owned by the Sobeys Group of Stellarton, Nova Scotia with a head office located in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. The company has over 67 locations operating throughout Atlantic Canada, in the provinces of New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. In many Atlantic Canada communities, the company is the only drug store. In others, it competes with Shoppers Drug Mart or I.D.A. pharmacies. Its parent company Sobeys has no plans to expand outside Atlantic Canada. The word ""Drugs"" was dropped from the name when a new logo was introduced"
"in 2004. Lawtons Lawtons is a Canadian drug store chain owned by the Sobeys Group of Stellarton, Nova Scotia with a head office located in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. The company has over 67 locations operating throughout Atlantic Canada, in the provinces of New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. In many Atlantic Canada communities, the company is the only drug store. In others, it competes with Shoppers Drug Mart or I.D.A. pharmacies. Its parent company Sobeys has no plans to expand outside Atlantic Canada. The word ""Drugs"" was dropped from the name when a new logo"
"Minot's Marketplace Foods, and have since been re branded to the Marketplace name. Miracle Mart (North Dakota) Miracle Mart was a supermarket chain with locations in Bismarck and Minot, North Dakota. The chain began with a single location in Minot, North Dakota, which had existed for some time before it was purchased by Iowa businessman Steve Barlow in 1976. The chain expanded in 1999 with the purchase of Minot's SunMart locations from the Nash Finch Company. In 2002, a Barlow-owned Econofoods location in Bismarck was rebranded as a Miracle Mart, bringing the total number of locations to five. In 2005,"
"has swollen its population. From Three Forks: Three Forks is one of several places in the Black Hills where there are two routes indicated by highway signage directing travelers to Mount Rushmore National Memorial. Major intersections in the Black Hills are frequently named, whether there are communities at the locations or not. Three Forks, South Dakota Three Forks is a small unincorporated community in Pennington County, South Dakota, United States. It lies at the intersection of U.S. Routes 16 and 385, just north of Hill City along Spring Creek. A small general store featuring fuel is open year-round and other"
"of naming the drug, its pill and logo design, and promotional merchandise. The campaign was on display at the Daneyal Mahmood Art Gallery in New York City from February 8 to March 17, 2007 and included TV, print and billboard ads along with merchandise and branding material. Cooper had the initial idea while waiting for a flight at the Los Angeles International Airport. She viewed her first direct-to-consumer (DTC) pharmaceutical advertisements, promoting drugs for allergies, insomnia, depression, and erectile dysfunction, while watching the news on TV. DTC advertising is only allowed in the United States and New Zealand. She received"
"South Dakota Highway 75 South Dakota Highway 75 (SD 75) is a state route located in northwest South Dakota. The southern terminus is at South Dakota Highway 20 west of Bison, and the route runs northerly to the North Dakota border, becoming North Dakota Highway 8. It is 28 miles (45 kilometers) in length. This is the third use of the South Dakota 75 designation. The first South Dakota 75 was designated around 1934, in southeast Shannon County. It was originally long, with its northern terminus at U.S. Highway 18. When that route was realigned southward, SD 75 was shortened"