Frontier Towns On The Prairie: the Settling of Brown County

Dacotah Prairie Museum Presents: “Frontier Towns On The Prairie” “My Grandfather Larson sacked his wheat in the fall of 1882 and loaded it in a wagon. He drove to the Mill at Columbia from his home northwest of Aberdeen and returned with the winter’s supply of flour the next night. He chose a time when the moon was full so he could follow the trails, for there were no roads.” Helen Bergh

Stories like this, heirloom photos, newspapers {like the Dakota Pioneer and the Detroit Free Press}, maps, and town histories of Brown County are all included in the newest exhibit at the Dacotah Prairie Museum. It is entitled: “Frontier Towns on the Prairie: the Settling of Brown County”.

The exhibit consists of three adjoining rooms, all of which are united with a prairie sky and wild grass mural and each room boasts its own “Frontier Town” storefront. These include businesses that would have been staples of every frontier town: a bank, a general store and a blacksmith shop. In addition, there is a “hands-on” table near the store with seven items that children and adults will enjoy identifying the use of and guessing the price in 1893.

For information on other past exhibits, please click here.