DAY 16 - MITCHELL, SD
MAY 29, 2014

Today was two totally different half days.  In the morning, we divided into two groups and took alternating tours.  Neither of the two venues was big enough for the whole group.  One half visited the Carnegie Resource Center while the other half visited the Corn Palace.  After an hour, we swapped places.

The Carnegie Resource Center gets its name from being located in an old Carnegie Library.  The Center is operated by the Mitchell Historical and Genealogical Society.  It is, generally speaking, a repository for historical and genealogical information from the local area.  Of special interest is a painting in the dome that is part of the building.  Also in the dome is a collection of extremely good paintings by the same artist, Oscar Howe.

Not much done here, but quite a lot said!

 

Looking up into the dome.

 

Detail in the dome.

 

What a talent!

 

The other morning tour was the Corn Palace.  The exterior of the Palace was receiving its annual re-make.  The exterior decoration is different each year depending on the theme chosen for that year and is entirely done with ears of corn.  Some of this year's decoration is completed and can be enjoyed, but much of the outside is stripped down to the bare wood.  Inside was also experiencing cleaning and remodeling.  There was also a very enjoyable movie to watch.

Walls covered with colored corn.

 

Wow!

And a corn-struction project to boot



Nothing Corny about these two.

Our afternoon was used to visit an archeological dig at the site of an ancient Indian Village.  The Village was active about 1000 AD.  We watched an informative movie and toured the dig.  Digging only occurs one month per year, with the rest of the year used to catalog and preserve artifacts dug up during the one month.

 

Entrance to a re-creation of a home.

 

Inside the home.  What LUXURY.

Dug by hand, slowly.  No power equipment here.

 

We ended the day with a social gathering and a travel briefing.



Cal and Mary Kay