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World's Tallest Salesman Exhibit

World's Tallest Salesman Exhibit

Towering Cliff Thompson was also known as "Count Olaf" and "the world's largest dairy farmer." Roadsideamerica.com Report...

Museum oddities, World's Tallest Man

At the entrance to the Pioneer Village and Museum are two small stone pillars which contain rocks from all 50 states. They are small-scale versions of Sioux Falls, SD's Pillars of the Nation.

The museum contains a small taxidermy collection of mostly native American species. However they do have two small, one-foot long alligator-type animals posed as boxers with tiny boxing gloves.

In the old school house, a mannequin wears a suit belonging to Clifford Thompson, "The World's Tallest Man." Clifford Thompson, 1904-1955, would have been the world's tallest living man after the death of Robert Wadlow, assuming the height of 8'7" is accurate. he was born in Pierce Co. N. Dak., 1-1/2 miles from Silva, ND. [Nathan Forrider, 09/12/2003]