History at High Noon: Sioux City’s Corn Palaces

Presenter Haley Aguirre, Archival Records Clerk, looks back at the remarkable structures that promoted Sioux City across the country. From 1887 to 1891, Sioux Cityans celebrated the autumn harvest with a festival featuring the construction of a large, ornate temporary structure in downtown called a Corn Palace covered in corn and other grains.

[karlsturm]

Great presentation! The South Dakota Palace really undersells how grand these structures were. I wonder what kind of events/attractions they had to fill out the day, such as what they had under that tent in 1891.

[christianhuntercascon]

To the narrator: The enthusiasm and passion that was put into the “research” for the purpose of making this “historical” gatsby, of is highly impressive. Ma’am, you are an amazing public speaker with impeccable intelligence, humour and privy to captivating any audience.

However, the entire narrative is, as of a historical work of mostly fiction. The numbers, the amount of time to build ((6 days lmao) are entirely laughable and quite literally impossible. There were so many countless worlds fairs and festivals that to this very day defy all logic.
I’m not saying what the truth is, and what it is not, with regard to the history narratives as a “whole” for this American time period, just upon basic historical records are of so many more of the ultimate questions that go unanswered and the revealings therein, have enough credibility for as many countless questions to incomplete & complete absurdities by my estimation, simply allowing anyone to judge for themselves given all the information would be more suffice for a fictional writers works unto millions.


Interesting stuff tho! Golly!