History & Heritage
History comes to life at Historic Prairie Village in Madison and in Laura Ingalls Wilder's "Little Town on the Prairie", DeSmet. Museums throughout the region showcase our pioneering past, agricultural and ethnic heritage and the rich Native American history of the region. Follow in the steps of Lewis & Clark as you explore Spirit Mound and the scenic panoramas along the Missouri River at the Lewis & Clark Visitor Center near Yankton.
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Adams Homestead and Nature Preserve
Hiking/Biking/Cross Country Skiing/Lewis & Clark
272 Westshore Drive
North Sioux City, SD 57049
www.gfp.sd.gov/state-parks
(605) 232-0873 -
National Music Museum
A musical treasure trove, spanning five centuries of rare instruments from around the globe.
Corner of Clark & Yale Streets
USD Campus
Vermillion, SD 57069
www.nmmusd.org
(605) 677-5306 -
Old Courthouse Museum/ Pettigrew Home & Museum
Three floors of regional history exhibits at the Old Courthouse. Pettigrew Home is elegant 1889 home of S.D.'s first senator.
Old Courthouse Musuem at 200 W. 6th St.
Pettigrew Home at 131 N. Duluth Ave.
Sioux Falls, SD 57104
www.siouxlandmuseums.com
(605) 367-4210 -
Carnegie Resource Center
119 West 3rd Ave.
P.O. Box 263
Mitchell, SD 57301
www.mitchellcarnegie.com
(605) 996-3209 -
Center For Western Studies
2121 S. Summit Avenue
Augustana University
Sioux Falls, SD 57197
http://www.augie.edu/center-for-western-studies
(605) 247-4007 -
Charles Murtha House - Union County Historical Society
707 West Main Street
Elk Point, SD 57025
www.facebook.com/unioncountyhistoricalsociety
(605) 761-0247 -
Corn Palace
604 N. Main
Mitchell, SD 57301
www.cornpalace.com
866-273-CORN (2676) -
Cramer-Kenyon Heritage Home
509 Pine Street
Yankton, SD 57078
cramer-kenyon.webs.com/
(605) 665-7470 -
Dakota Discovery Museum
1300 McGovern Avenue
PO Box 1071
Mitchell, SD 57301
www.dakotadiscovery.com
(605) 996-2122 -
Dakota Territorial Museum
610 Summit St.
Yankton, SD 57078
www.dakotaterritorialmuseum.org
(605) 665-3898 -
Good Earth State Park at Blood Run
Hiking Trails
26924 480th Ave
Sioux Falls, SD 57108
www.gfp.sd.gov
(605) 987-2263 -
Heritage Hall Museum & Archives
748 South Main
Freeman, SD 57029
www.heritagehallmuseum.com
1-888-595-9755 or (605) 925-7545 -
Historic Prairie Village
45205 SD Highway 34
P.O. Box 256
Madison, SD 57042
www.prairievillage.org
1-800-693-3644 -
Historical Society of Delmont - Kuchen Festival
P.O. Box 213
Delmont, SD 57330
www.delmontsd.org
(605) 779-2211 -
Ingalls Homestead “Laura’s Living Prairie”
20812 Homestead Road
De Smet, SD 57231
www.ingallshomestead.com
1-800-776-3594 or (605) 854-9040 -
Laura Ingalls Wilder’s “Little Town on the Prairie”
De Smet, SD
www.desmetsd.com
1-866-528-7273 -
Lewis & Clark Visitor Center
55245 Nebraska 121
Crofton, NE - near Yankton, SD 68730
www.nwo.usace.army.mil/Missions/DamandLakeProjects/MissouriRiverDams/GavinsPoint.aspx
(402) 667-2546 -
Mitchell Prehistoric Indian Village
3200 Indian Village Road
Mitchell, SD 57301
www.mitchellindianvillage.org
(605) 996-5473 -
Smith-Zimmermann Heritage Museum
221 Northeast 8th Street
Madison, SD 57042
www.smith-zimmermann.dsu.edu
(605) 256-5308 -
Spirit Mound Historic Prairie
Hiking/Lewis & Clark Trail
31148 SD Hwy 19
Vermillion, SD 57069
www.gfp.sd.gov
605-987-2263 -
The Vintage Vault
394 S Main Street
Freeman, SD 57029
www.vintagevaultonmain.com
605-925-4200 -
W.H. Over Museum
1110 University Street
Vermillion, SD 57069
www.whovermuseum.org/
(605) 659-6151
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55th Annual Steam Threshing Jamboree
August 24 - August 27, Prairie Village, Madison
800-256-3644
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Native American Handicraft Class
September 2, Mitchell Prehistoric Indian Village
605-996-5473
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Kuchen Festival
September 9, Delmont
605-779-2211
www.delmontsd.org -
Harvest Festival
September 9 - September 10, Twin Rivers Farm, Delmont
605-779-2211
www.twinriversoldiron.org/ -
Homesteader Day Celebration
September 10, Beaver Creek Nature Area, Brandon
605-594-3824
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Pioneer Power Show
September 23 - September 24, Pioneer Acres, Menno
605-387-5166
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Hobo Marlin’s Pumpkin Train
October 7, Prairie Village, Madison
605-256-3644 or 800-693-3644
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Christmas at the Homestead
November 11, Adams Homestead and Nature Preserve, North Sioux City
605-232-0873
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Vermillion Parade of Lights
December 1, Downtown Vermillion
605-624-5571
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Sioux Empire Wacipi Powwow & Cultural Arts
December 15 - December 17, W.H. Lyon Fairgrounds, Sioux Falls
605-367-7178
www.siouxempirefair.com/events/2017/sioux-empire-wacipi
