Mitchell, SD.

8/7-8/2007
We camped at Lake Mitchell Campground. It was a small city park, very well taken care of. In fact we spent an extra day there because it was such a pleasant park. The town of Mitchell is big enough to have all you need and small enough to be able to get around in it with no problems. The Corn Palace was first constructed in 1892. The current Corn Palace is the third one and was built in 1921.


This is the front of the building. Every year there is a new theme and the muriel's are changed every year. The material used is corn of course but also, sour dock, milo, rye, and oat heads. The corn is sawed in half and nailed to the building. The other materials are bundled and nailed to the building, also. The cost this year was $130,000.00. As the sign says this years theme is "Salute to Rodeo"

This is around the corner on the right side of the building.

This close up is meant to show how the tie the bundles of material and nail it to the building. The only one I know for sure is the dark brown which is the sour doc.

The above picture is one side of the inside of the Corn Palace. There are more pictures in my picture album of both the Doll Museum and the Corn Palace.

Located in Mitchell, SD. in an English style castle, complete with a moat, turrets, and a drawbridge, this museum houses over 4,000 antique and modern dolls from the early 1800's to modern times. There are also 2,000 ethnic dolls from more than 125 countries.

I really can't make any comment about these pictures other than to say they are all from the Doll Museum in Mitchell, SD. I was very impressed by the displays, only wish I could have used a flash to get better lighting but I understand why they don't allow it. Some of the displays are not well lighted but there were more displays than I could take pictures of any way.

They had all kind of ethnic dolls.

I wish the picture of this display showed up better. There were two displays like this, one above the other. This is only part of the bottom display. These are all dolls of the presidents and first ladies. I know you can recognize some of them like Barbara Bush and Jackie Kennedy.