In 1892 the citizens of Mitchell built the first corn palace to show how good the crops were in Dakota. From then on, each year the old decorations were taken down and new murals were created. These murals are made of thousands of bushels of corn, grain, grasses, wild oats, brome grass, blue grass, rye, straw, and wheat and they all tell stories about life in South Dakota.
Some 350,000 ears of corn cover the Corn Palace. Each ear is sawed in half and nailed onto 13 exterior murals designed by a local artist. The Mitchell Chamber of Commerce has dubbed this “earchitecture” and the job of decorating the Palace has belonged to Dean Strand for 24 years. He’s also developed hybrid corn in a cornucopia of distinct colors that make up the murals. I believe they said he also developed the corn-by-number style in photo number 4
See the Corn Palace for yourself on its live web cam at www.cornpalace.org Look for the small camera icon on the upper right side of the home page.
8 comments:
That's just awesome and a lot of corn. LOL
That was so interesting Dawn ,what an art to make all the amazing ,or should I say a 'maise' ing ? pictures ,I loved the cowboy boots ....Jan xx
hope it doesn't get to hot there........"Pop" corn anyone??? lol
Very Cool!!!!!!
I love the web cam, it;s fun.
THanks for the link and great pics!!!!! I just love following your travels.
Deb
I'd never heard of this place before. Interesting!
the Corn Palace has got to be the ugliest building on earth.
Thanks for sharing this!! I have seen it on tv and it is very interesting!
be well,
Dawn
Thanks for the link, very interesting!!!
Kate.
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