Mobridge (pop. 3,600) is located on the former site of Arikara and Sioux Indian villages. The town was founded in 1906, when a bridge was being built across the Missouri River.
Sitting Bull was killed near this site in 1890 by American Indian police. He was originally buried in the military cemetery at Fort Yates in North Dakota but moved here in 1953. The gravesite is marked by a granite bust of Sitting Bull by the artist Korczak Ziolkowski.
Exhibits at the Klein Museum in Mobridge have a special emphasis on Native Americans and Pioneers. Displays include an original schoolhouse, post office, log cabin filled with a farm toy collection, doctor and dentist offices, a parlor, a law office, kitchen, bedroom, trapper shack, and barber shop.
Hours:
April 15 to May 31: 9am-12pm, 1pm-5pm; Sun:9am-12pm, 1pm-5pm; Sat:9am-12pm, 1pm-5pm; Closed: Tue
June 1 to September 30: 9am-12pm, 1pm-5pm; Sun:9am-12pm, 1pm-5pm; Sat:9am-12pm, 1pm-5pm; Closed: Tue
October 1 to October 15: 9am-12pm, 1pm-5pm; Sun:9am-12pm, 1pm-5pm; Sat:9am-12pm, 1pm-5pm; Closed: Tue
Oscar Howe was a member of the Lakota Sioux tribe who painted colorful murals that represent the history and ceremony of the Sioux. The murals are located in the City Auditorium on Main Street in Mobridge.
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