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On Wednesday December 10 when I was at the Hjemkomst Center doing a Heritage Site project for this class I noticed another exhibit that was set up in a separate room. So I went to check it out. The exhibit was of the plains and how it all started. The exhibit had many pictures of the people and animals of the plains, but it also had many artifacts along with the pictures. I thought it was neat seeing the tools that the pioneers and Indians used. I specifically recall the large horse drawn plow and a drill used for boring holes. The drill really caught my attention because it was just a spiraled piece of steel attached to a wooden handle.

Also what I really liked was the area that showed why the plains are the way they are geographically. I did some reading and learned that there use to be a great sea that ran north to south between Minnesota and Montana all the way through Texas. Then during the ice age the sea froze and slowly shifted tearing out all the mountainous regions from north to south. Then as the ice melted back into lakes it deposited all the sediment onto the Great Plains.

Over all I thought is was fun seeing all the old tools and items form the pioneers of the region. I was a little confused though. In the middle of the exhibit was an old man operated chariot. The sign just said who owned it but not how it related to the plains. To me it seemed out of place. Oh well though, I still thought the exhibit was very intresting.