SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) - On this edition of Throwback Thursday, Lori Kent with the Local Lou Podcast teaches us about Raven Industries.

“Raven Industries was located here in Sioux Falls, right off Sixth Street, kind of under the Arc of Dreams. It’s in the old Manchester Biscuit Company building. We talked about their history a little bit, and, honestly, the reason this building still exists is that Raven came in. They repurposed it, and it’s one of, actually, a couple of buildings downtown that they repurposed, and we still have today,” said Kent.

Raven Industries starts out making high-altitude research balloons, which leads them to make hot air balloons.

By the 70s, they were making about 50 hot air balloons a year, and by the 80s, they were making about 200 a year.

Then

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