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  • Programs and Events
    • Programs
    • Events and Activities
  • The Story
    • History of the Dakota Mission
    • Dakota History and Culture
    • Samuel and Gideon Pond
    • Agnes Hopkins Pond
    • About the Park
    • About the House
  • Resources
    • Northern Slave, Black Dakota
    • Dakota History and Culture
    • Dakota Language Resources
      • Dakota Translations
    • PDHS Maps
    • The Pond House Video
  • Support
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    • About the Park
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  • Special Event: River Rendezvous - 09/24/2022 - 10:00 am - 5:00 pm

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Drop-in Program: Grasshoppers in My Bed!
06 Aug
08/06/2022    
1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Pond-Dakota Mission Park
  • Bloomington Parks and Recreation
  • Drop-in Program
Author Terry Swanson and illustrator Peggy Stern introduce their new book, Grasshoppers in My Bed, a historical fiction based on the journals of Lillie Belle Gibbs, a Minnesota frontier farm girl.
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Drop-in Program: Laundry Day
13 Aug
08/13/2022    
1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Pond-Dakota Mission Park
  • Bloomington Parks and Recreation
  • Drop-in Program
Compete with family and friends to to see who can scrub and hang out laundry faster. Frontier chores were never this fun! Discover why families were so pleased when washing machines were invented.
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Program: The Fur Trade at Little Rapids
14 Aug
08/14/2022    
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Pond-Dakota Mission Park
  • Pond Dakota Heritage Society
  • Program
Mark Labine will discuss his research into the Little Rapids fur trade post on the Minnesota River near present-day Carver. Mark is a descendant of early voyageurs and fur traders.
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Drop-in Program: Start Horsing Around
20 Aug
08/20/2022    
1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Pond-Dakota Mission Park
  • Bloomington Parks and Recreation
  • Drop-in Program
Try your hand at throwing horseshoes – maybe you’ll get a ringer! Learn the rules and strategies of this ever popular, centuries-old game. Horseshoes will be provided.
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Drop-in Program: Whimmy Diddles
27 Aug
08/27/2022    
1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Pond-Dakota Mission Park
  • Bloomington Parks and Recreation
  • Drop-in Program
This mysterious mechanical toy originated in Appalachia. Make one to take home using basic hand tools and see if your friends can guess how it works! Adult supervision needed for children.
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Drop-in Program: Writing With a Quill Pen
03 Sep
09/03/2022    
1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Gideon and Agnes Pond House
  • Bloomington Parks and Recreation
  • Drop-in Program
  • House Tour
Step back in time and imagine what it was like for students long ago. Try writing on parchment paper with a quill pen dipped in ink. Then tour the historic Gideon and Agnes Pond House.
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Events on 08/06/2022
06 Aug
Drop-in Program: Grasshoppers in My Bed!
6 Aug 22
Bloomington
Events on 08/13/2022
13 Aug
Drop-in Program: Laundry Day
13 Aug 22
Bloomington
Events on 08/14/2022
14 Aug
Program: The Fur Trade at Little Rapids
14 Aug 22
Bloomington
Events on 08/20/2022
20 Aug
Drop-in Program: Start Horsing Around
20 Aug 22
Bloomington
Events on 08/27/2022
27 Aug
Drop-in Program: Whimmy Diddles
27 Aug 22
Bloomington
Events on 09/03/2022
03 Sep
Drop-in Program: Writing With a Quill Pen
3 Sep 22
Bloomington
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