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Brookings

Early residents named the town after Wilmot Wood Brookings, the prominent pioneer who helped organize the railroad through the region. In 2001, three men canoeing on the Big Sioux north of Brookings discovered evidence of what is believed to be an 11,000-year-old mammoth kill site.

Visitor Centers

Brookings Convention & Visitors Bureau 414 Main Ave. Brookings, SD 57006. Phone:(605)692-6125

Things to Do

Children's Museum of South Dakota

South Dakota State University

Agricultural Heritage Museum

McCrory Gardens and South Dakota Arboretum

Ritz Gallery

South Dakota Art Museum

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