Location:

Dakotaland Museum, State Fairgrounds, 1616 1st Street, Huron, SD, 57350

Contact:

Contact for SD State Historical Society Museum: Dan Brosz Curator of Collections South Dakota State Historical Society 900 Governors Drive Pierre, SD 57501 (605) 773-6013 fax:(605) 773-6041 Contact for Boxcar information: Jim Rowley 605-745-5899 Ken Oestreich 605-852-2688

Artifacts:

Picture above is actually a model of one of the 40 & 8s that was the property of Charlie Horine, a WW1 veteran; it is currently owned by his daughter, Mary Jane Thompson, of Huron, SD. She is also the owner of the toy dog and children's book in the picture below. The toy dog and the book were purchased at an auction of some of the S.D. Merci Train artifacts, circa 1949. The proceeds of the auction was used to help purchase a whirlpool bath for polio patients.

Approximately 2 dozen items, some pictured below, located at the SDHS' museum.