Saturday, July 10, 10:00 a. m. – 2:00 p.m.- Book sale at the CRC. Ron Fuchs, MAHS book guru, researched and assembled several large tables of historical, regional and special interest books that will be of interest to the serious reader.

Sunday , July 11th at 1:00 p.m.- Mitchell Area Historical Society and the Mitchell Area Genealogical Society members, guests and the public will assemble at the Carnegie Resource Center and travel to the Thomsen Center Archeodome as guests of Dr. Adrian Hannus, Professor of Anthropology and Director of the Anthropolgy Laboratory at Augustana College and Dr. Alan Outram, archeologist and faculty member of the University of Exeter. Our group will visit with them and the sutdents from the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom and Augustana College, in Sioux Falls to learn more about their work as part of the Augustana-Exeter summer excavations in the Mitchell Prehistoric Indian Village. The Thomsen Center Archeodome will charge group rate of $4 person.
Monday , July 19th at 4:30 p.m. – Mitchell Area Historical Society and Mitchell Area Genealogical Society members , guests, and the public will assemble at the Carnegie Resource Center and travel to the site of historic Fort James, on the Rockport Hutterite Colony, with assistant state achaeologist Michael Fosha from the South Dakota State Historical Society. Fort James was the only fort in Dakota Territory built with stone. In 2009 Mr. Fosha joined with other professionals, including Dr. Adrien Hannus, during the intense archaeological research and filming of PBS’s Time Team America episode about historic “Fort James – South Dakota.” For those who plan to join us on this excursion, the Time Team episode will be available for viewing at the Carnegie Resource Center after our visit to the archaeological site. There is no charge.

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As part of the year long celebration of the 100th anniversary of South Dakota’s capitol, the South Dakota Historical Society will Capitol Centennial family activities from 2pm-4pm at the Carnegie Resource Center on Monday June 21, 2010.
Visitors of all ages can put together a cornerstone time capsule and create their own round murals like those found in the capitol rotunda. State Historical Director Jay Vogt will do a presentation on the fight to locate the capitol that evening at 7pm as part of the Mitchell Area Historical Society’s regular program evening. For the family activity, visitors are encouraged to bring items to put inside their own 3-inch cardboard cornerstones. Notes, photographs, small toys- all would be suitable. Another activity will focus on the round murals that adorn the capitol rotunda. Visitors can see reproductions of the original murals and use paper plates and crayons to create their own round murals. Vogt’s presentation that evening will discuss the lively multi-year fight to permanently locate South Dakota’s state capitol. Pierre, Huron and Mitchell were the main contenders, but the fight really started in 1883, when the territorial capitol was being wrestled away from Yankton. Once South Dakota became a state, choosing a temporary and then permanent location for the capitol did not come easy.

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The Mitchell Area Historical Society will meet Tuesday, June, 22 at 7pm at the Carnegie Resource Center. Jim Hunt will have the program. Visitors are welcome.

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The Carnegie Resource Center will be displaying the Fallen Heroes Banners honoring South Dakota service members lost during the the conflicts of Operation Enduring and Operation Iraqi Freedom from May 1st – May  14, 2010. The Carnegie is open Monday thru Saturday, 1 to 5 pm.   Also on May 3rd at 7pm the Mitchell Area Historical Society will have a program provided by Steven W. Nelson Cheif Warrent Officer 3, 196th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade of Sioux Falls, who will be leaving on his 3rd tour of duty. The public is welcome and refreshments will be served.Banner Flyer1

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Boyd Blumer will present a program on his collection of antique waffle irons. He will be making samples for us to try. The public is welcome to attend.

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Mitchell Area Genealogical Society will hold a workshop on April 17th at the Carnegie Resource Center. It will be free to attend. Those wishing to attend can call 605-996-3209 or stop by the Carnegie Resource Center to register. The workshop will be a one on one session of one hour with a genealogy member. Advance registration is required.

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The Mitchell Area Historical Society will hold their February meeting on February 22 at 7pm. Dvonne Hansen, her daughter, Cindy Van Laecken, and her son Doug, the owner of Hansen Wheel and Wagon Shop, will present a video program about the wagon and stagecoach trails of South Dakota. Dvonne, Cindy and Doug participated in the 2008 Pierre to Deadwood trail ride using several of Doug’s period vehicles. Doug and Cindy also went on part of the Casey Tibbs ride to Fort Pierre. All will wear pioneer costumes and bring the trails to life.
This program will draw attention to the original trail on the west side of the James River from Yankton to Firesteel and on to Fort Pierre. That trail was surveyed by Israel Greene, one of the earliest residents of Firesteel, when he was hired to do so by the Territorial Legislature.

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The Mitchell Area Genealogical Society will meet Tuesday, February 23 at 7 pm at the Carnegie Resource Center. Pam Range will have the program.

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The January genealogy meeting will be held on Tuesday, January 26th at 7pm at the Carnegie Resource Center.  Andie Sindt will have the program.

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MAHS ANNUAL MEETING

Monday, January 25, 2010, 6:00 p.m., at Wesley Acres, 1115 West Havens, Mitchell, SD

The annual dinner meeting of the MAHS will feature Jeffery A. Hazard, AIA, CEO of Koch Hazard Architects.  He will discuss historic preservation and “green” architecture.  Ruby Tuesday will again cater a delicious meal (remember last year’s annual meeting?).

Please select your entrée and dessert on the form below and mail it promptly with your check or credit card (see below):  MAHS, PO Box 263, Mitchell, South Dakota 57301.

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RESERVATION FORM

MITCHELL AREA HISTORICAL SOCIETY – ANNUAL MEETING AND DINNER

Wesley Acres, 1115 West Havens, Mitchell, South Dakota

6:00 p.m., Monday, January 25, 2010

FEATURED SPEAKER – JEFFERY A. HAZARD, AIA,

CEO of Koch Hazard Architects, Sioux Falls, South Dakota

NAME(s)(Please Print):  __________________________________________________________________

ADDRESS:  _____________________________________________________________________________

TELEPHONE #:  _____________________________  E-MAIL: ________________________________

Choice of entrée:         Number of each _______ Chicken Portabella

Number of each _______ Salmon Florentine

Choice of dessert:  Number of each _____ Cheesecake with Blackberry sauce

Number of each _______ Chocolate Shortcake with IceCream

Dinner will also include salad, baked potato, snap peas, portabella mushrooms, multi-grain dinner bread, and coffee.  If you have special menu requirements, please call 605-996-2723 for alternate menu choices.

We must receive this form by Monday, January 18, 2010

_____ Please mail my ticket(s)           _____ Please hold my ticket(s) at the event.

Please make your check ($16 per person) payable to Mitchell Area Historical Society

and mail to:  MAHS,  PO Box 263, Mitchell, SD 57301

MAHS now accepts VISA, MasterCard, and Discover credit cards.

Please provide your phone number _________________ and we will call you for your credit card information or call Kathryn Crockett, our volunteer at 605-996-2723.  If no answer, please leave a message.

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