CITY HIGHLIGHT
MOBRIDGE
KATY HUTCHINS MOBRIDGE AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS
Located in the north-central part of South Dakota, Mobridge embraces the banks of the beautiful Missouri River. Mobridge offers a unique experience for those who may just visit for a day or for those that wish to stay and create lifelong memories. Visitors can enjoy Mobridge’s many community activities, shopping, hunting, fishing, or simply relaxing at our luxurious casino and hotels. The growing population is supported by farming and ranching operations, retail businesses, and a local K-12 school district which offers educational opportunities to a diverse community. In Mobridge there are several attractions honoring Native Americans, our early ancestors, and their rich contributions made to South Dakota. Monuments honoring Chief Sitting Bull, a Hunkpapa Teton Sioux spiritual leader, and Sacagawea, a Lemhi Shoshone woman, are found overlooking the Missouri River. Today, these monuments continue to serve as reminders of our past with a growing hope for peace and unity in the diverse community. Culturally rich attractions for artisans and historians can also be found in Mobridge. In the downtown area, the Scherr-Howe Event Center features the renowned murals painted by Oscar Howe (1915-1983), Yanktonai Indian artist and member of the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe. His art depicts Native American traditions and early Dakota life on the prairie through a modernist aesthetic painting style. Then, located near a scenic lookout off the banks of the river, South Dakota native sculptor John Lopez honors the Mobridge community with ‘Walleye Up Statue’, a uniquely welded scrap-metal sculpture that features a rodeo cowboy riding a walleye.
MISSOURI RIVER BRIDGE
Sportsmen and women flock to Mobridge as a mecca for the rich wildlife bounties offered by the Missouri River and its adjacent prairies. In January, Mobridge hosts their Annual Ice Fishing Tournament. Now hosting well over 550 teams, this event welcomes people from all over the United States. In July, Mobridge welcomes professional cowboys and cowgirls to compete in the Annual Stampede Rodeo, and parades grace the decorated streets and windows of thriving retailers inviting all visitors to the Mobridge community while celebrating our nation’s birth. There may not be another city in South Dakota that offers a richer history honoring our pioneering forefathers and Native American ancestors than Mobridge, South Dakota. Our inviting community offers peace and comfort to all who travel and seek adventure on the prairie and along the beautiful Missouri River. Stop for a visit and stay for a lifetime. We think you’ll like our little town. ■
PHOTOS: Left to right: ANNUAL SITTING BULL STAMPEDE PRCA RODEO; ICE FISHING, Carissa Aberle; WALLEYE UP STATUE by John Lopez; aerial view of the MISSOURI RIVER near Mobridge.
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