The ribbon pictured recently was donated to the Mitchell Area Historical Society by the Gilbert and Dorothy Smith family. The mint condition ribbon was part of the 1904 campaign for Mitchell to become the capital of South Dakota. The city used every advertising ploy it could think of to get people in the state to vote for Mitchell. John Phillip Sousa was brought in to perform at the Corn Palace for the cost of $7,000 for the week, along with the railroads giving free rides to Mitchell. (Photo courtesy of the Mitchell Area Historical Society)
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