History & Heritage
Historic Prairie Village - Madison
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 -
Czech Days
PO Box 21
Tabor, SD 57063
www.taborczechdays.com
(605) 463-2478 -
National Music Museum
A musical treasure trove, spanning five centuries of rare instruments from around the globe.
CLOSED for Expansion - Reopens 2021
Corner of Clark & Yale Streets
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 -
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 -
Geddes Historical Society
PO Box 97
Geddes, SD 5732
www.geddessd.org
(605) 337-2501 -
Good Earth State Park at Blood Run
Hiking Trails
26924 480th Ave
Sioux Falls, SD 57108
www.gfp.sd.gov
(605) 213-1036 -
Heritage Hall Museum & Archives
880 South Cedar St.
Freeman, SD 57029
www.heritagehallmuseum.com
(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 -
Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center
Chamberlain
SD
www.chamberlainsd.org/area-culture/lewis-and-clark-interpretive-center
(605) 734-4562 -
Mitchell Prehistoric Indian Village
3200 Indian Village Road
Mitchell, SD 57301
www.mitchellindianvillage.org
(605) 996-5473 -
Schmeckfest - A Festival of Tasting
748 S. Main Street
Freeman Academy Campus
Freeman, SD 57029
www.schmeckfest.com
(605) 925-4542 -
Smith-Zimmermann Heritage Museum
221 Northeast 8th Street
Madison, SD 57042
www.smith-zimmermann.dsu.edu
(605) 256-5308 -
South Dakota Shakespeare Festival
Vermillion's Prentis Park
Vermillion, SD 57069
www.sdshakespearefestival.org
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Spirit Mound Historic Prairie
Hiking/Lewis & Clark Trail
31148 SD Hwy 19
Vermillion, SD 57069
www.gfp.sd.gov
605-987-2263 -
W.H. Over Museum
1110 University Street
Vermillion, SD 57069
www.whovermuseum.org/
(605) 659-6151 -
World’s Only Corn Palace
604 N. Main St.
Mitchell, SD 57301
www.cornpalace.com
866-273-CORN (2676)
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Vintage Christmas at the Mead
December 15, Mead Cultural Education Center, Yankton
605-665-3898
www.dakotaterritorialmuseum.org -
Grand Re-Opening of Dakota Territorial Museum
December 15, Mead Cultural Education Center, Yankton
605-665-3898
www.dakotaterritorialmuseum.org/ -
Mead Masquerade Ball
December 31, Dakota Territorial Museum, Yankton
605-665-3898
www.dakotaterritorialmuseum.org -
Lakota Games on Ice
January 19, Prehistoric Indian Village, Mitchell
605-996-5473
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Schmeckfest
March 22 - March 23, Freeman Academy Campus, Freeman
605-925-4237
schmeckfest.com -
Schmeckfest
March 29 - March 30, Freeman Academy Campus, Freeman
605-925-4237
schmeckfest.com -
47th Annual University of South Dakota Wacipi / Powwow
April 6 - April 7, University of South Dakota, Sanford Coyote Sports Center, Vermillion
605-624-5571
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Donkey Dash 5K Fun Run
May 18, Adams Homestead, North Sioux City
605-232-0873
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Luce Cabin Pioneer Day
June 8, Lake Herman, Madison
605-256-5003
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71st Annual Czech Days
June 13 - June 16, Tabor
605-463-2478
www.taborczechdays.com -
150th Dalesburg Midsummer Festival
June 21, 30595 University Road, Vermillion
605-253-2575
www.dalesburg.org/ -
Prairie Village Variety Show
June 23, Prairie Village, Madison
605-256-3644, 1-800-693-3644
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Railroad Days
July 6 - July 7, Prairie Village, Madison
605-256-3644 or 800-693-3644
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Archeology Days
July 6 - July 7, Prehistoric Indian Village, Mitchell
605-996-5473
www.mitchellindianvillage.org -
Corn Palace Stampede Rodeo
July 16 - July 21, Mitchell
605-996-6223
www.cornpalacestampede.com -
26th Annual Madison Car Show
August 4, Prairie Village, Madison
605-256-3644 or 800-693-3644
www.prairievillage.org -
Adams Homestead Celebration
August 10, Adams Homestead & Nature Preserve, North Sioux City
605-232-0873
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57th Annual Steam Threshing Jamboree
August 22 - August 25, Prairie Village, Madison
800-256-3644
www.prairievillage.org/jamboree/ -
Kuchen Festival
September 14, Delmont
605-779-2211
www.delmontsd.org -
Harvest Festival
September 14 - September 15, Twin Rivers Farm, Delmont
605-779-2211
www.delmontsd.org -
Hobo Marlin’s Pumpkin Train
October 5, Prairie Village, Madison
605-256-3644 or 800-693-3644
www.prairievillage.org/pumpkin-train/
