For Researchers & Educators

The Dacotah Prairie Museum has an ever-growing selection of presentations and historical resources for Educators and Schools. Members of the Museum’s speakers’ bureau cover many aspects of local history.

A wide variety of educational programs and activities are available from the Museum for people of all ages.

History-In-A-Trunk brings hands-on artifacts to the audience.

During summer, History Camps for all ages include doing old-time chores, playing old-fashioned games, cooking over a camp fire, and exploring the buildings at Centennial Village at the Brown County Fairgrounds.

Area third and fourth graders enjoy “An Afternoon Into the Past” in which they dip candles, churn butter, spin and weave, and wash clothes on a washboard with lye soap.

The Junior Docent Program is a partnership in education with the Roncalli Middle School sixth grade classes. Students are trained to assist museum staff with general tours, Afternoon Into the Past programs and many outreach program. This successful program introduces the students to community service and volunteerism and provides the DPM with a corps of youthful volunteers.

Local History Resources for Researchers

Click on any title for a pdf version of these brochures, produced by local historians. Note the date of publication. Call the DPM with any questions at (605) 626-7117. All sources must be cited when used in publications.

• A Guide to the Hargerty & Lloyd Historic District (1990)
• Aberdeen Hagerty Lloyd Historic District (1999)
• Aberdeen’s Parkland Heritage 1881-1931 (1995)
• Brown County Centennial Minutes – Helen Bergh
• Brown County Courthouse, A Century Landmark (2004)
• Exploring Brown County, A Guide to Sites on the National Register of Historic Places (1994)
• Hamlin Garland Memorial (2010)
• Historic Aberdeen (1981)
• Historic Groton Walking Tour
• Historic James River (1985)
• Living Legacies Railroad Stations of Brown County SD 2002
• Monuments, Markers and Memorials of Brown County (1998)
• Municipal Building, Aberdeen SD (1996)
• Relief and Recovery, The New Deal in Brown County (2005)
• South Main Street, Changing and Changeless (2007) – Brown County Landmarks Commission
• The Historic Alonza Ward Hotel
• James River Landscapes, Historic Sites in Brown County (2001)
• A Tour of L. Frank Baum’s Aberdeen (1997)
• The Town in the Frog Pond (1991)