History As Told Through Corn (Seriously) | History Traveler Episode 77
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- Tourist attraction? Folk art? Historic record? Or may The Corn Palace in Mitchell, South Dakota is all of these things. In this episode, we're taking a quick stop on our trip through the West to look at the ONLY corn palace in the world and how it is reflecting the culture throughout time. Very interesting!
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I consider myself a native South Dakotan. Moved here from Kansas as a boy. Have lived here since 1972. This is the best state to live in bar none. Winters can be a challenge but nothing we can't handle. There are two parts to South Dakota, and residents of either one take pride in being from that part. The Missouri River is the dividing line. Parts east are known as "East River", and those west as "West River". East being mainly farming, and Urban, I.E. flat landers, and west being mainly ranching, prairie, and mountains. I'm an East River small town South Dakotan. We all love it here.
I remember going through Mitchell and seeing the Corn Palace as a kid in 1968 or 69. Wish I could remember what the murals were at that time. Thanks for the trip down memory lane!
Garret Vaughn - Cool! In ‘69, the theme would’ve been Space Travel, I think.
Holy cow. I am 72 years old and I have never heard a a corn palace. Only in the good old US of A. Hey! If that palace were to catch on fire would it cover the whole area with popcorn?
Ha! Definitely a unique place.
How is it that squirrels or other types of varmints don't munch on it?
@@susanbrogan2517 - I suppose it's surrounded by a parking lot and plenty of vermin control products. Do squirrels even live in wide-open cornfield country?
I forgot to say also; my husband and I traveled to SD and saw the Corn Palace. A really fun trip on our motor cycle. And of course we did see Mt Rushmore. It is all amazing.
I am constantly amazed at the creativity of humanity. Thanks for this!
VANESSA TARR - Me too! Glad that you enjoyed it.
Wauw! Absolutely amazing! Never tought a place like that excisted! Thanks for sharing! 🙏
Pretty crazy, huh? People come up with some interesting ideas.
I really like the corn palace !! Years ago , we went to the Corn Palace and it had burned .
The murals are lovely. So unique. I am excited about this great video 🤩🤩 Thankyou History Underground
Pretty cool piece of folk art.
I saw pictures of the Corn Palace in my grade school geography books. Glad they're keeping the tradition alive.
Interesting!
What a neat place with very talented people to make a palace out of corn.My sister went there a few years ago. She brought back great close up pictures of the corn It was beautiful.I grow Indian Corn and use it for decoration an we eat it as well.It really looks good on a Thanksgiving Table.😁🖒
Agreed. Pretty creative people behind this thing.
You and your channel are the only reason I watched this - anyone else and I move on. Always interesting and compelling. :)
History traveler. I'm finally taking time to say your history "trips." are awesome. No one needs to guess that you love history! I obviously do as well. I have watched all 77 Episodes. I hope this is ok, but I wanted to ask if any followers ever have asked about traveling to a specific place you haven't covered?? You might know; ? but there was a special project some years back to establish a World War II memorial in the state of Arizona. The project was called the "bookends" I know I'm not up to date on the details but the reason why it was going to be called the Bookends, was because it was going to be a display of an actual gun from the USS MO. (representing the end of WWII and a gun off the USS ARIZONA/ the beginning) I will never be able to travel there to see how they finished the display memorial type museum, but I have special interest in it; My uncle gave his life; December 7, 1941/USS ARIZONA. I would be grateful to see how they finished that. Thank you so much for your passion for history. I know you are a great history teacher. Thank you Thank you!! And God Bless you. I believe that a passion for history is also a mark of a PATRIOT.
I'm always glad to get suggestions from people. Thanks!
Amazing 😉 the only word I can use to describe the “Corn Palace” !!! Thank you for sharing your adventures 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
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Very interesting! I knew about the Corn Palace, but you did the most thorough presentation about it that I ever heard. Good work!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Coming from an Agriculture background. this the part of history I love most 😁
Glad you liked it!
Never disappointed with content here!!. Absolutely the best history content on TH-cam!. Videography, storyline, presentation all above and beyond my expectations!. Great work so happy to have found your channel!. Will definitely be a Patreon supporter. Worth a yearly subscription of HBO. This is definitely worth supporting to keep quality content!!. Thanks for this channel I’m Thrilled to support your channel!!!.
Thanks so much! That’s appreciated more than you know.
🌽🌽🌽, you gotta love it. Food, artwork, and a palace. Great story. Another wonderful place that I would never have had the chance to visit. Thank you for the tour. 💪🇺🇸
Robbie- Ha! Only in America 🇺🇸
Wow, never heard of this, very interesting and well placed together video story. Enjoyed. Be safe and take care.
Roadlizardcu McGuire - It sounds kind of goofy, but once you get there, it really is kind of interesting.
Just signed up for your patreon. Anybody who visits the corn palace deserves my support 😂. Actually been meaning to for a while. I drove by once on the way to California. My buddy made me pull off the freeway to see it. We were driving a semi, so didn't stop, but I will if I ever get back that way again. Thanks for the video. 👍
That's appreciated more than you know. Glad that you enjoyed the one and only Corn Palace!
Been to the Corn Palace. The murals are amazing.
I have never heard of these corn palaces. Thank you for sharing.
You are so welcome. Kind of an interesting little nook of history.
that corona village is a good one. The people that run it are great.
The parking lot was full so I assumed that it was a good place.
Love your videos man. Only wish they were longer, but thats just me being selfish lol
Thanks! Glad that you think so 🙂
You use to Bull Ride?..So Cool, We Watch Bull Riding..This Too, Was Very Cool..
Yep, sure did. 🙂
that one certainly caught my ear. Neat video.
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Awesome video. I never would think there was an actual corn palace haha. When are you posting your Currahee video? I'm looking forward to that one.
That'll be a little while down the road. I've filmed quite a bit of content that will last me a few months. That one was pretty special to me so I was thinking of making that episode 100.
@@TheHistoryUnderground Nice! I like how you thought that out. Can't wait to watch!
Very nicely done keep up the good work. I'm a good ol South Dakota boy and I really like your videos I have watched several videos and I like the way that you present them. Keep up the good work and I will keep watching.
Who woulda thought a corn palace WASNT in IOWA haha
Ha! Valid point. 🌽
Excellent...I visited there in the early 90's ...I hope you keep going west ...Thanks...
Got a bit more content from that part of the country in the coming weeks. Pretty interesting history out there.
Glad to see you are in the good old state of South Dakota. As a South Dakota resident I hope you enjoy this great state. Gotta stop at MT Rushmore.
Amazing state! I did stop by Rushmore. That'll be in a future video.
I never thought I would see this again, back in the mid 60's we were on a family vacation. We started in southern Indiana up to Wisconsin Dell's then to S. Dakota then down thru Wyoming to Denver. Gas was cheaper back in the day.
This was seriously one of my favorite places to visit as a kid! My Dad took me here all the time lol
Must have been driving at night through that area when I was leaving Mt. Rushmore, 'cause I missed that little gem. Thanks.
So very cool. Thanks for sharing this.
Glad you liked it!
I was there 40 yrs ago on a motorcycle ride from CA to VA and back. A very impressive place.🏍💨
Very interesting. I had no idea. Keep up the good work.
Thanks, will do!
Great vid! Had no idea about the corn palace. Cool fact about your bull riding days. I rode a few myself back in the day. Never got seriously hurt but been stepped on and hooked a few times. Thank God for safety vests lol 🤠
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Wow amazing ty for showing how the pics use of corn and other uses of corn 😁😊
In Plattsmouth NB we always had the King Corn Carnival and you would hear, Corn is King.
I would have loved to have been able to do what you're doing JD.
If I had of had the tech we have today, I'd have done what you're doing JD.
Awesome video JD, thank you for doing these for us.
😲 okay then! Interesting
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This was awesome!!! Totally off the cusp, but awesome!!!
Definitely different. Glad that you like it!
Hi! I've been enjoying your videos over the past few days almost non stop. Very well put together and filmed... Thank you for the lessons and vacation ideas. I'd like to invite you to a gem in the Detroit area where things like the JFK assassination car, Edison's lab, homes of notable figures in history, the Ford assembly line and the Wright Brothers cycle shop can all be found among an outstanding collection of historical artifacts. Located in the Detroit suburb of Dearborn, the Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village is a massive property with much to see. Thehenryford.org would be a starting point in planning a visit. I'd love to see this amazing location in your collection and hope you can consider it. I know you will find it wildly interesting. As a Detroit area native, I'm happy to welcome you to Michigan and can also provide other suggestions for visiting our beautiful state.
We have loads of castles here in the UK too! No corn palaces though. Typically American and brilliant.
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Awww shucks, that was so interesting...👍🏻 good job...did you get something to go at Corona Mexican Restaurant?
sparky11976- Ha! No, we had to get on the road.
Cracker Barrel has a new dish that is served on a plate made by Corona.
Greg Wilson 😅
Thank you very much.
Q: "Palace made of corn huh?" A: "Yup."
Ha! Exactly.
No video clip of you playing the chickens in tic-tac-toe? Did you lose?😂🤣
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Here in Canada we got the big Apple which is a museum I think lol
thank you its cool
This is my dream come true.
It is for all of us.
Do they show the evolution of corn itself? From what I read the corn we see in the groceries these days are different from the corn grown in previous centuries?
billtang79 - No, but that would be a good idea.
Bull riding, the bull always wins, even when he loses.
Accurate.
That's a corny joke Corona village great video thanks for sharing 🇺🇸
JR D 😅
Wow lol never knew about this before.
Wow I never knew of these.
My parents went to Mitchell South Dakota at the corn palace.
I’ve been here in just few days ago
I do not know What I’m doing 👍🏻
Cool.
Oh my goodness! I’ve been there!!! When I was in high school my family took a 3 week cross country trek and this was one of our many stops. Thanks for sharing. I really enjoy watching your videos!
Thanks! Glad that you are enjoying the content. Feel free to share them out from time to time if you catch one that you really like :)
I wonder how they made them bricks out of corn and what kind of rat poison they use.
I hadn't even thought of the rodent issues that they might have there.
@@TheHistoryUnderground Yeah you'd have to think that would be a huge problem...dang near any wild animal loves corn!
Corona village? You're in South Dakota. It's all good. :-)
I thought this was going to be corny........It's pretty dang neat!
I wonder if they have a mouse/rat/bird problem?
Birds are everywhere outside.
I bet that place really pops if it caught on fire!
Ha!
The History Underground . You can’t tell any secrets there either..........
Too many ears around
My father was part Cherokee Indian both of my parents are gone.
aw shucks, this was a great one
Ha!
Did you eat any caramel corn when you were there? It's yummy
About 8:32, how did you completely ignore the corn-portrait of Howard Hughes?! Is that HH? It is, right?
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Props on being a bull rider man! I just wrecked my motorcycle and snapped my femur like a twig, so I know how awful it is to hurt yaself in such a way. I still ride, I hope you do to but a freakin bull is a whole different beast than a Honda rebel, so i understand if ya dont lol
If you kept all that corn wet for a few days, would it sprout?!?
That was an a"maize"ing video. A corn palace. For a second there I had thought you had said porn palace. ROFLMAO
Oh man. No, this is a family friendly channel :)
Me... oh something interesting
Me afternoon video starts...well shit... ive been there not interesting
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I'll have a Corona Extra - hold the virus...
Been there. An amazingly corny place!
Been here before. Very underwhelming. It's not even made of corn. The building is a contemporary building with corn murals hung on and inside the building
Absolutely corny. Sorry had to say it.
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corned
History told through corn:
🔊 four score and seven. ears ago.
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That's kind of Corney lol
partly corn***
Corona is just Spanish for crown. Not a big deal!
At last I understand the song th-cam.com/video/CcopLgv8S8g/w-d-xo.html
Pretty corny(yeah had to say it). That was different.
Ha! Nice.
no good things come out of cornfields
Ha!
I ear you, but i think it was corny 😅😅😅😅
Ha!