Mitchell, South Dakota
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Hikenutty
N 43° 42.894 W 098° 01.535
14T E 578496 N 4840669
Mitchell, South Dakota is most famous for its building the Corn Palace and the 6 day corn festival held after harvest each year.
Waymark Code: WM1ZM8
Location: South Dakota, United States
Date Posted: 08/10/2007
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member JimmyEv
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The following excerpt is from "The WPA Guide to South Dakota":
MITCHELL (1,312 alt., 12,834 pop.) is situated in the James River Valley and is widely known for its Corn Palace, the only one of its kind in the world, where the city each year stages a six-day festi val as a climax to the harvest season. The town's location in a diversified farming region has made it an important trade center. The principal industries are meat and poultry packing, butter and cheese making, and livestock and grain shipping; tons of frozen eggs are shipped to eastern markets annually.

Following the trend of architecture begun in the nineties, most of the long main street has brick structures, although several of the old wooden buildings remain. Mitchell, lacking in natural recrea tional areas, was one of the first plains cities to create a large artificial lake to supply its demands.

Mitchell's long main street lined with brick buildings looks much the same today as it did in 1938 when this guide was published, although a little threadbare around the edges. The town is still best known for the colorful Corn Palace that still dominates the downtown area.

If you wander a few blocks off of the main street through the commercial district you can see some amazing brick churches built in the late 1800's and a beautiful little Carnegie library with a WPA mural painted inside its dome.

Book: South Dakota

Page Number(s) of Excerpt: 126

Year Originally Published: 1938
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