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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
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      • Dakota Translations
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    • The Pond House Video
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Gideon and Agnes Pond House

by Sharon | Apr 30, 2015

Address
401 East 104th Street
Bloomington
Minnesota

55420
United States


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Upcoming Events

  • Drop-in Program and Tours: Party in the Parlor - 06/03/2023 - 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
  • Drop-in Program and Tours: Braid a Mini Rug - 06/10/2023 - 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
  • Special Event: John Philip Sousa Memorial Band Concert - 06/18/2023 - 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
  • Drop-in Program and Tours: Happy Birthday, Gideon Pond! - 06/24/2023 - 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm

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Drop-in Program and Tours: Log Cabin Building
06 May
05/06/2023    
1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Gideon and Agnes Pond House
  • Drop-in Program
  • House Tour
Build a kid-sized log cabin during this free event! Assemble the pre-cut, notched timbers to create a four-foot-high frontier home. Learn from frontier building expert Miles Jewell about the ingenious joinery used to lock the log corners together.
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Special Event: Pond House & Hocokata Ti Dakota Museum Joint Program
13 May
05/13/2023    
12:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Gideon and Agnes Pond House
  • Bloomington Parks and Recreation
  • House Tour
  • Program
  • Special Event
Tour the house and learn about the Pond brothers who came to Minnesota as missionaries to the Dakota. At 1:30 p.m., drive to Hocokata Ti to tour this magnificent Dakota Museum created by the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community.
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Drop-in Program and Tours: Frontier Woodworking
20 May
05/20/2023    
1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Gideon and Agnes Pond House
  • Bloomington Parks and Recreation
  • Drop-in Program
  • House Tour
Fashion a tenon with a chisel and mallet, drill holes with a boring machine, and make wood shavings . Watch demonstrations of 19th-century building techniques by Fred Livesay, a trained carriage builder and traditional woodworker.
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Drop-in Program and Tours: Seen and Not Heard!
27 May
05/27/2023    
1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Gideon and Agnes Pond House
  • Bloomington Parks and Recreation
  • Drop-in Program
  • House Tour
Keeping children quiet during long frontier church services was challenging. Church Babies dolls helped. Make your own doll using a fancy, colorful handkerchief, and household items. Program and materials are free.
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Drop-in Program and Tours: Party in the Parlor
03 Jun
06/03/2023    
1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Gideon and Agnes Pond House
  • Bloomington Parks and Recreation
  • Drop-in Program
  • House Tour
Try your hand at old-fashioned parlor games like Fox & Geese, Shut The Box, Nine Pins, Ball & Cup, Checkers, Marbles, and Jacob’s Ladder. Experience frontier fun and challenge your family to a friendly competition.
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Events on 05/06/2023
06 May
Drop-in Program and Tours: Log Cabin Building
6 May 23
Bloomington
Events on 05/13/2023
13 May
Special Event: Pond House & Hocokata Ti Dakota Museum Joint Program
13 May 23
Bloomington
Events on 05/20/2023
20 May
Drop-in Program and Tours: Frontier Woodworking
20 May 23
Bloomington
Events on 05/27/2023
27 May
Drop-in Program and Tours: Seen and Not Heard!
27 May 23
Bloomington
Events on 06/03/2023
03 Jun
Drop-in Program and Tours: Party in the Parlor
3 Jun 23
Bloomington
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