On Tuesday we drove another 350 miles eastward on Interstate 90 to Mitchell, SD, home of the Corn Palace. What is the Corn Palace
 The Corn Palace |
The first Corn Palace was built in 1892 in Mitchell to highlight the farm land available in South Dakota. It was succeeded by a larger second building and then the current structure that was built in 1921. The building is of brick and is decorated annually with twelve murals on the exterior that are corn cob mosaics using cobs from a local farm. The mosaics are designed by a local artist and changed each year at a cost of $130,000. The current artist is the fourth in the history of the building.
The interior of the building is a large arena
 Corn Palace Interior |
The murals on the interior were done by two of the previous artists-in-residence and are permanent. They are dedicated to the two cultures of the state - Native American and European. The grouping at the front of the auditorium compares and contrasts the two cultures.
 Two Cultures |
We visited the Corn Palace yesterday morning and then in the afternoon went to the George and Eleanor McGovern
 The McGoverns |
Tomorrow we will continue our eastward migration.
