The public is invited to the annual meeting of the Nordland Heritage Foundation set for Sunday, June 9. The Foundation maintains and oversees visitation of the four historic buildings in Augustana Heritage Park. The day will include:

• 10:30 a.m. worship service in the Beaver Creek Church. Rev. Norris Einertson will be preaching. The service follows the format originally used in the congregation.
   
• 12 p.m. brunch and program for the Annual Meeting in the 3-in-1 room, located inside Morrison Commons on the Augustana campus. The speaker is Dr. Lynwood Oyos, popular historian and professor emeritus of the Augustana History Department, who will speak on "Anna Berdahl, R.N., DSC.: A Life Devoted to the Ward and the Classroom." Anna Berdahl was instrumental in the restoration of the Berdahl/Rolvaag house and the establishment of the Foundation. Special music will be provided by Maren Engel '13. Cost is $11 per person. To reserve a place call 605.274.4007 or contact Dr. Art Olsen at 605.338.6372.

Through Aug. 25: Enjoy a Tour of the Historic Buildings in Heritage Park

Heritage Park is a collection of historic Great Plains buildings dating from the late 19th to early 20th century. Its facilities will be open for visitation and tours each Sunday from 2-4 p.m., from June 2 through Aug. 25. For tour information, call 605.274.4007.

About Heritage Park

• The Beaver Creek Lutheran Church is one of the oldest churches established in Lincoln County. It was completed in 1892 in LaValley Township east of Sioux Falls. The architectural style is Vernacular Gothic Revival, which attempts to combine European attributes with the prairie experience. The church is made almost entirely of wood, the main building material available on the prairie at the time. As the rural population declined, the church's congregation voted to close its doors in 1978. It was then offered to Augustana and was moved to its present location in Heritage Park in 1985.

• The Berdahl-Rolvaag House was named for the Berdahl family who built it and for author Ole Rolvaag, whose novels "Giants in the Earth," "Peder Victorious," and "Their Fathers' God" tell the stories of Norwegian immigrants who came to the area in the 1870s. Rolvaag, a 1901 graduate of the Augustana Academy in Canton, married Jennie Berdahl while she was living in this house with her parents. The house is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
   
• The Eggers School House is an example of early South Dakota educational facilities. The school was built in 1909 on an acre of land near Renner Corner. After serving as the daily social gathering place for an average of 15 students for nearly 50 years, only four children were enrolled in 1957. The school eventually closed and was purchased and preserved by James Wehde, a former student at the school.
   
• The Rolvaag Writing Cabin, in which the best-selling "Giants in the Earth," called a "moving narrative of pioneer hardship and heroism," by Atlantic Monthly, was written between September and October 1923, was a gift from the Rolvaag family. It was moved from its original home in northern Minnesota with help and planning from the U.S. Forest Service.

Heritage Park is located south of 33rd Street between Grange and Prairie Avenue.