We are now heading home and spent the night in Mitchell, SD. The next morning we saw a sign saying Corn Palace so of course we had to check it out.
The Mitchell Corn Palace was built in 1892. Early settlers displayed their agricultural bounty on the building’s exterior. Each fall a festival is planned to celebrate agriculture and a way of life.
Each year a new decorating theme is chosen and the outside of the Corn Place is stripped and redecorated with new corn and grains. Over the summer, 3,000 bushels of rye, oat heads and sour dock are tied in bundles and attached. When the crop of corn is ready 275 thousand ears of corn are sawed in half lengthwise and nailed to the building following patterns created by local artists.
The Corn Palace is known around the world as a folk art wonder on the prairie of South Dakota.
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