8/22 - 8/24 Jellystone RV Park, Sioux Falls, SD

We visited Falls Park, which is where the city's name came from.  We also toured the Courthouse Museum and the Pettigrew Home and Museum.  Mr. Pettigrew wanted the city to grow, so he invited journalists from "Back East" for a visit and hopefully a good write-up.  Since the river was down, he had it dammed up for 4 weeks before the journalists got there, so the falls would be full for their visit.  It worked!!!...the pictures showed the falls to perfection, and the city grew!  We also saw some of the sculptures around the downtown.

Mr. Pettigrew added onto the house for his museum, and faced it with Petrified Wood from what is now a National Park!

The Old courthouse has murals painted on all the walls.  The same painter did all of them for $500.00 in the '20s.

 

this place has the BEST grilled cheese sandwiches, EVER.