Events

Sign up for volunteering your time at any History Talk event via mail or email or call.

3rd Thursday History Talks are Free and open to the Public - no sign up necessary.  6:30 Sign In/Social, 7:00 program start - 8:30 pm program end.  50/50 Raffle with MCHS half going to Pioneer Memorial Fund.

Annual Banquet (April) requires prior sign up if attending banquet meal. See Contact page to mail, email or call with your numbers. See March & April Newsletters for Menu and sign up information.

3rd Thursday History Talks:

2023

January 19,     Special Location SD Military Alliance 1600  W Russell ST. Sioux Falls "Linebacker II" 5th Ann of War's End  by John Mollison - Q&A w/ Robert Certain POW -                Sponsored by: Old Guys and Their Airplanes

 February 16, "Hattie Phillips - A Live Performance" by Debbi Jones                                       Sponsored by: Sioux Falls Experience

March 16, Panel Presentation of "Diversity in South Dakota"                                          

Sponsored by : Raven Industries

April  20, Annual Banquet  Speaker " Rick Knobe" Sioux Falls Mayor & KSOO Radio Host

May 6, Bob Yapp Presents: Preservation Doesn't Cost .. It Pays (Hartford, SD)

May 18, 3rd Thursday History Talk 

June ??, Ice Cream Social

        2022

January 20,      "Rolvaag"  by Charles Bergdahl

February 17,   "Black History in Sioux Falls" by Stephen Cusulos 

March 10,  (2nd Thursday)   "RAID '22"  by John Mollison If you couldn't make it to the Old Courthouse Museum John’s History Talk it is available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSizFHVz0zc&t=1413s 

April 21,            " Annual Meeting & Banquet"   Speaker: Jim Woster 5:30 check in, 6:00 dinner, 6:45 meeting -program

May 19,             "Palisades History"   by Susan Hoskins

June                     "Picnic in the Park"   Sherman Park

 September 15, Special Location: Stockyards Ag Experience  301 E Falls Park, SF, SD                                 " Rural Electrification in South Dakota " by Jeff Nelson

October 14,      Historical Marker Dedication "Children's Home Society" Lewis Drug Store Parking Lot - East 10th & Cliff Ave. SF, SD - 11 AM 

October 20,      Special Location: Grand Living @ Lake Lorraine                                                                                   2815 S Westlake Dr SF, SD 57106

 Back Home at the Old Courthouse Museum                                              

November 17,  MCHS History/Authors Night/Silent Auction Fundraiser

December 15, "Working on the Railroad"  by Steve Bucklin, Ph.D (Postponed )