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Dakota Sunset Museum 205 West Commercial Avenue Suite 104 Gettysburg, South Dakota 57442 605-765-9480 The Dakota Sunset Museum features the 40-ton Sacred Sioux Medicine Rock, which was originally located 15 miles west of Gettysburg near the Missouri River. Imbedded with human footprints and handprints, this rock is considered sacred to the Lakota people. Also featured are area history artifacts & memorabilia, displays of pioneer barbershop, law office, kitchen, parlor, bedroom, music room and a sewing display. Also a big game animal collection, blacksmith shop, country schoolhouse, carriage barn. We have an extensive photo collection and geanological collection of over 12,000 obituaries. In 1995, Lakota artist Del Iron Cloud painted murals at the museum above the Medicine Rock, and around the Frankhauser big game animal collection which includes the North American wild sheep. On loan until 2011 from the National Military Park, Gettysburg, PA: a Blakely Rifle Civil War Cannon. The rifle portion of the cannon was cast in Liverpool, England in 1861. The carriage is a reproduction that conforms to 1863 Confederate specifications. New Native American exhibit featuring late 1800s dentalium shell dress and beaded vest. Also a "General Store" exhibit.
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