Corn Palace and Little Town on the Prairie

  We continued our South Dakota adventures with a trip to Mitchell to see the famed Corn Palace.  It was a late corn crop this year, so they were just beginning to redecorate.  The palace was interesting as it was.  The corn murals were impressive.

Inside art work

Outside art work

Cones were set up for work outside

Inside

There was a basketball practice going on while we were there.

 

  For all of you Little House on the Prairie fans, we also visited De Smet,which is where Laura Ingalls Wilder one lived with her family.  Her books Little Town on the Prairie, The Long Winter, By the Shores of Silver Lake, and The First Four Years were all based in this area.  We toured the Surveyor's house, the school Laura attended, the school she taught in, and her parent's home.

Laura's school she attended

Inside the school

The original blackboard with original drawings

A replica of the school that Laura taught at.

The final family home.  Ma and Pa both died here.