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
(605) 658-3450 -
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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150th Dalesburg Midsummer Festival
June 21, 30595 University Road, Vermillion
605-253-2575
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Prairie Village Variety Show
June 23, Prairie Village, Madison
605-256-3644
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Archeology Days
June 29 - June 30, Prehistoric Indian Village, Mitchell
605-996-5473
www.mitchellindianvillage.org -
Laura Ingalls Wilder Pageant
July 5 - July 7, DeSmet
800-776-3594, 800-880-3383
www.desmetpageant.org -
Railroad Days
July 6 - July 7, Prairie Village, Madison
605-256-3644
www.prairievillage.org/railroad-days/ -
Laura Ingalls Wilder Pageant
July 12 - July 14, DeSmet
800-776-3594, 800-880-3383
www.desmetpageant.org -
Corn Palace Stampede Rodeo
July 16 - July 21, Mitchell
605-996-6223
www.cornpalacestampede.com -
Laura Ingalls Wilder Pageant
July 19 - July 21, DeSmet
800-776-3594, 800-880-3383
www.desmetpageant.org -
Jason Brown Concert
July 20, Prairie Village, Madison
605-256-3644
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Tea at the Mead
July 21, Mead Cultural Education Center, Yankton
605-760-2510
www.meadbuilding.org -
Dutch Oven Cooking
July 27, Good Earth State Park, Sioux Falls
605-987-2263
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26th Annual Madison Car Show
August 4, Prairie Village, Madison
605-256-3644
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Adams Homestead Celebration
August 10, Adams Homestead & Nature Preserve, North Sioux City
605-232-0873
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Scottie Stampede Rodeo Days
August 10 - August 11, Scotland
605-583-4419
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Fur Trader Days
August 10 - August 11, Geddes
605-337-2501
www.geddessd.org -
57th Annual Steam Threshing Jamboree
August 22 - August 25, Prairie Village, Madison
605-256-3644
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German Fest
September 7, Downtown Sioux Falls
605-338-4009
www.dtsf.com -
Homesteader Day Celebration
September 8, Beaver Creek Nature Area, Brandon
605-594-3824
gfp.sd.gov/events/detail/552/ -
Kuchen Festival
September 14, Delmont
605-779-2211
www.delmontsd.org -
Old Time Harvest Festival
September 14 - September 15, Twin Rivers Farm, Delmont
605-779-2211
www.delmontsd.org -
Pioneer Power Show
September 21 - September 22, Pioneer Acres, Menno
605-387-5166
www.pioneeracres.com/powershow.html -
Hobo Marlin’s Pumpkin Train
October 5, Prairie Village, Madison
605-256-3644
www.prairievillage.org/pumpkin-train/ -
Christmas at the Homestead
November 9, Adams Homestead and Nature Preserve, North Sioux City
605-232-0873
gfp.sd.gov/events/detail/527/ -
Mead Masquerade Ball
December 31, Dakota Territorial Museum, Yankton
605-665-3898
www.dakotaterritorialmuseum.org
