DESTINATION

Aberdeen

Even better known is author L. Frank Baum, a New Yorker who relocated to Aberdeen in 1888. Baum ran the town's weekly newspaper, The Aberdeen Saturday Pioneer, for four years before moving on to Chicago and finding fame as a writer of children's books with “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz,” first in a series of magical adventures about an emerald city and other faraway places.

Visitor Centers

Aberdeen Area Convention and Visitors Bureau 10 Railroad Ave. S.W. Suite 101 Aberdeen, SD 57402. Phone:(605)225-2414 or (800)645-3851

Things to Do

Aberdeen Aquatic Center

Dacotah Prairie Museum

Storybook Land/Wylie Park

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