We drove through The Badlands after visiting Arches National Park. It was first named The Badlands by the Lakota Indians who named it "Mako Sica" meaning "Land Bad". They called it this because of the extreme temperatures, lack of water and rugged terrain. In the early 1900's French-Canadian fur trappers named the site "les mauvais terres pour traverse" meaning "bad lands to travel through". The name was shortened to The Badlands and it's still called that today.
This area is one of the world's richest fossil beds, ancient mammals such as the sabre tooth cat, rhino and horse once lived here. Bighorn sheep, black footed ferrets, prairie dogs and bison roam the grass prarie of the Badlands today. Hannah
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