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    Mitchell's Corn Palace
    Mitchell's Corn Palace
    Mitchell's Corn Palace
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    Mitchell's Corn Palace

    By Jan Cerney

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    The world's only Corn Palace began as "The Corn Belt Exposition" in 1892, a promotional enterprise established to showcase the rich agricultural region of the James Valley. The exposition became a popular annual event, and an icon of the American prairie. The Corn Palace has occupied three different buildings since 1892. Adorned each autumn with corn, grains, and native grasses in decorative patterns and themes, the Corn Palace has hosted famous entertainers, politicians, and community events. Now well into its second century and going strong, the Corn Palace has become a symbol of South Dakota. Mitchell's Corn Palace tells the unique story of the palace through a collection of over 200 fascinating vintage images, chronicling this unique piece of Americana.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArcadia Publishing
    Release dateSep 18, 2012
    ISBN9781439631348
    Mitchell's Corn Palace
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    Jan Cerney

    As a child, Jan Cerney spent many memorable Sundays along the shores of the Missouri. She has written four books for Arcadia: Badlands National Park, Mitchell�s Corn Palace, Gregory and Charles Mix Counties, and Lakota Sioux Missions.

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      Mitchell's Corn Palace - Jan Cerney

      Palace.

      INTRODUCTION

      The first Mitchell Corn Palace opened its doors on September 28, 1892, thirteen years after Mitchell was platted. The Mitchell Corn Belt Real Estate Association worked diligently to lure settlers and entrepreneurs to the region. The association watched with interest when the neighboring town of Plankinton and Sioux City, Iowa held harvest festivals housed in grand palace structures decorated in mosaic patterns of corn, grasses, and grain from the agricultural region. Both towns discontinued their expositions within a few years. Representatives of the Corn Belt Real Estate Association traveled to Sioux City to study their plans of the agricultural extravaganza. They liked what they saw and hired Andrew Kings to design a grain-decorated hall for Mitchell to house a harvest festival to be held in the fall to display agriculture products and promote settlement. The association also employed Kansas designer, Alexander Rohe, to add the artistic touches using grains and grasses to decorate the exterior. What resulted was a 60 by 100 foot palace resplendent with magnificent towers and turrets, a shrine to the rural way of life that dominated the scene during the first half of the 20th century.

      Trains rumbled into Mitchell during the warm autumn days bringing passengers from across the state to the Corn Belt Exposition. Men in suits and derbies, and women dressed in elegant long dresses and flamboyant hats departed from the trains, whisked the travel dust off their clothing, then took hold of their children’s hands and joined the local citizens on the crowded, unpaved streets, bustling with excitement. Shopkeepers stocked their shelves, anticipating extra business and hotel clerks welcomed their patrons. After queuing their way down many blocks from the train to the castle-like structure, the visitors must have certainly been awed by the palace’s artistry rendered with natural materials and they looked forward to the live entertainment that would soon appear on the new Corn Palace stage.

      The Corn Belt Exposition was so successful that Mitchell expanded the building and held another exposition the following year. The Panic of 1893 and drought halted the exposition for several years until it was revived in 1900. It wasn’t until 1902 that the town made an annual commitment to hold the event. The exposition was renamed the Corn Palace Festival in 1905. In that same year, the original wooden building was torn down and replaced with a 125 by 142 foot structure of Moorish design.

      For over a hundred years, a magnificent history of entertainment has unfolded at the Corn Palace from the days of vaudeville, variety, and novelty acts, the Big Band Era, television personalities to pop and country music. From the very beginning, the Corn Palace has hosted many great entertainers such as The Thavius Band from Chicago, John Phillips Sousa, Lawrence Welk and the Hotsy Totsy Boys and Honolulu Fruit Gum Orchestra, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Paul Whiteman, Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey, Harry James, Guy Lombardo, Duke Ellington, Red Skelton, Bob Hope, The Three Stooges, and many others.

      The palaces have also staged political events. In 1904, when Mitchell was competing with Pierre for the state capital, one of the most outstanding palaces was erected, a grand display to sway voters to choose Mitchell. In 1908, the Jennings Bryan, William Howard Taft, and Eugene Wilder Chapin political debate drew immense crowds. Twenty years later, Herbert Hoover, then Secretary of Commerce, delivered two addresses to an attentive audience. Gutzon Borglum explained his plans for Mt. Rushmore in 1925. Various political rallies and events have been held since.

      The first palaces evoked an international flair, designed with European and Asian motifs and style. Gradually, the artistic style changed to a more Western and South Dakota theme. Colonel Rohe, Dr. Floyd Gillis, Floyd Kings, William Kearny, Oscar Howe, Barbara Young, Don Durfee, Arthur Amiotte, and Cal Schultz used their artistic talents to decorate the Corn Palaces. The third building, built in 1921, still serves as the Corn Palace that we know today and the Corn Palace Committee continues to

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