Showing posts with label The Milwaukee Road exhibit. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Milwaukee Road exhibit. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 17, 2018

Mitchell, SD: Carnegie Resource Center, Oscar Howe exhibit

In the Mitchell, South Dakota Carnegie Resource Center is a permanent collection of art and artifacts by Oscar Howe. Oscar Howe was a famous Yanktonai Nakota Sioux artist. In 1940 he painted the the mural "Sun and Rain Clouds Over Hills in the dome of the Carnegie Library building in Mitchell. From 1949 to 1971 Oscar designed the mural made of corn on the Mitchell Corn Palace.














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Mitchell, SD: Carnegie Resource Center, The Milwaukee Road exhibit
Mitchell, SD: Carnegie Resource Center, Corn Palace exhibit

Monday, July 16, 2018

Mitchell, SD: Carnegie Resource Center, Corn Palace exhibit

In the Mitchell, South Dakota Carnegie Resource Center is a permanent collection of corn palace artifacts from 1892 to present day. Today Mitchell, South Dakota is home to the world's only corn palace.









Previous articles in the series:
Mitchell, SD: Carnegie Resource Center, The Milwaukee Road exhibit

Mitchell, SD: Carnegie Resource Center, The Milwaukee Road exhibit

In the Mitchell, South Dakota Carnegie Resource Center is a permanent collection of railroad artifacts from Mitchell's historic past. This is one of the pieces on display. Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad used to have a depot in Mitchell as is an important part of the town's past.

This is one of the pieces on display at the resource center: