Inside the Center

Living in Vermillion SD in the late 70s and early 80s, I knew there was a place called Spirit Mound that was a little way out of town.  However, I did not know why it had that name. I do not remember my teachers talking about the history of the place.  When my family first moved there, the area was empty land. My brothers tell stories of sliding down the hill on old truck hoods. Mainly in later years we knew it as a farm lot.  Mostly high school kids used the area as a spot to go drinking because it was out of town.