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
gfp.sd.gov/parks/detail/adams-homestead-and-nature-preserve/
(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
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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
www.augie.edu/cws
(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 - Mead Cultural Education Center
82 Mickelson Drive
Yankton, SD 57078
www.meadbuilding.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
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 -
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 -
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.facebook.com/WHOverMuseum/
(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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Yankton Haunted History Tours
October 28 - October 30, Yankton
605-665-3898
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Yankton Haunted History Tours
November 1, Yankton
605-665-3898
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Veteran’s Day at McCrory Gardens
November 11, McCrory Gardens, Brookings
605-688-6707
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Scandinavian Celebration of St. Lucia Tradition 2019
December 15, Dalesburg Lutheran Church, Vermillion
605-253-2602
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Mead Masquerade Ball
December 31, Dakota Territorial Museum, Yankton
605-665-3898
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Schmeckfest at Freeman Academy
March 20 - March 21, Freeman Academy Campus, Freeman
605-925-4542
schmeckfest.com -
Schmeckfest at Freeman Academy
March 27 - March 28, Freeman Academy Campus, Freeman
605-925-4542
schmeckfest.com -
52nd Annual Dakota Conference
April 24 - April 25, Center for Western Studies, Sioux Falls
605-274-4007
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72nd Annual Czech Days
June 19 - June 20, Tabor
605-463-2478
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Laura Ingalls Wilder Pageant
July 10 - July 12, DeSmet
800-776-3594, 800-880-3383
www.desmetpageant.org -
Corn Palace Stampede Rodeo
July 14 - July 19, Mitchell Rodeo Grounds - Horseman's Sports Arena
605-770-4919
www.cornpalacestampede.com -
Laura Ingalls Wilder Pageant
July 17 - July 19, DeSmet
800-776-3594, 800-880-3383
www.desmetpageant.org -
Laura Ingalls Wilder Pageant
July 24 - July 26, DeSmet
800-776-3594, 800-880-3383
www.desmetpageant.org -
Adams Homestead Celebration
August 8, Adams Homestead & Nature Preserve, North Sioux City
605-232-0873
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58th Annual Steam Threshing Jamboree
August 27 - August 30, Prairie Village, Madison
605-256-3644
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Kyle Evans Memorial Wagon Train
September 4 - September 5, Wessington Springs
605-539-1929
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Kuchen Festival
September 12, Delmont
605-779-2211
www.delmontsd.org -
Old Time Harvest Festival
September 12 - September 13, Twin Rivers Farm, Delmont
605-779-2211
www.delmontsd.org -
Homesteader Day Celebration
September 13, Beaver Creek Nature Area, Brandon
605-594-3824
gfp.sd.gov/parks/detail/beaver-creek-nature-area/
