At the Corn Palace all the murals are made from 12 different colors or shades of corn. Rye, Sour Dock, Grasses, and Milo are used in the trim work of the designs. Each year the designs are removed and replaced with new ones.
This mural was inside the gym (a volleyball game was going on while we were there!)
Close-up view of a design on the outside of the building. Can you see the individual ears of corn? Each ear is cut in half lengthwise and nailed in place. It costs $130,000 each year to decorate the Corn Palace!
Grasses used around the design done by an elementary student.
Cheerleaders!
Young man removing each corn cob with a hammer to get it ready for a new mural - a new theme is decided and new murals designed and nailed in place during September.
World's Largest Pheasant
Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little Town on the Prairie
DeSmet, South Dakota
Laura and Carrie went to school in DeSmet's first school house.
Tour guide telling the story of when Laura and Carrie got sent home from school for rocking the school desks!
Original blackboard uncovered when renovating old DeSmet school - it was turned into a home until 1995 when the historical society bought it and began restoration.
A boat drawn on the blackboard that was uncovered during renovation.
Replica of first school house Laura taught in at age 15 in Brewster, SD.
Inside Brewster School.
Pa and Laura twisted grasses during the "long winter" to use for fuel. Do you see the potato? Children would carry a partially baked potato to school in their pocket, it kept their hands warm, and then place it on the school stove to finish cooking. It might be the only lunch they had that day.
Pa Ingalls built this house for his family and it is the last house he, Ma, and Mary lived in. All three are buried in the DeSmet Cemetery along with Carrie, an infant son of Laura and Almanzo, and Nathan and Grace Ingalls Dow.
This the the original store (Olsen's) where Laura bought Pa's Christmas present.
Do you want to read more about Laura Ingalls Wilder's life on the prairie? Read Little House on the Prairie or The Long Winter, both are set in DeSmet. If you've never read one of her books start with Little House in the Big Woods - it's the first in a series of 9. There are several picture books too! Check the library or ask your teacher.
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