Yankton: First Capital of Dakota Territory on the Missouri River
Yankton served as capital of Dakota Territory from 1861 until 1883, when the territorial government moved to Bismarck. The city was settled in 1859, making it the oldest permanent European-American settlement in what is now South Dakota. Several of the original territorial buildings survive, and the Dakota Territorial Museum at Riverside Park preserves documents and artifacts from that era, including a reconstruction of the territorial legislative chamber.
Lewis and Clark Lake, formed by the Gavins Point Dam on the Missouri River eight miles west of the city, covers roughly 31,000 acres and straddles the South Dakota-Nebraska border. The dam, completed by the Army Corps of Engineers in 1957 as part of the Pick-Sloan Plan, generates hydroelectric power and supports recreation, including the Lewis and Clark Recreation Area on the north shore. Yankton sits in Yankton County with a population of 14,557.
Mount Marty University, a Benedictine Catholic institution founded in 1936 by the Sisters of the Sacred Heart, operates its main campus on a bluff above the Missouri. The school's athletic teams are called the Lancers. Downtown Yankton has preserved a number of 19th-century commercial buildings along Third Street, many built of locally quarried Sioux quartzite.
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Yankton served as capital of Dakota Territory from 1861 until 1883, when the territorial government moved to Bismarck. The city was settled in 1859, making it the oldest permanent European-American settlement in what is now South Dakota. Several of the original territorial buildings survive, and the Dakota Territorial Museum at Riverside Park preserves documents and artifacts from that era, including a reconstruction of the territorial legislative chamber.
Lewis and Clark Lake, formed by the Gavins Point Dam on the Missouri River eight miles west of the city, covers roughly 31,000 acres and straddles the South Dakota-Nebraska border. The dam, completed by the Army Corps of Engineers in 1957 as part of the Pick-Sloan Plan, generates hydroelectric power and supports recreation, including the Lewis and Clark Recreation Area on the north shore. Yankton sits in Yankton County with a population of 14,557.
Mount Marty University, a Benedictine Catholic institution founded in 1936 by the Sisters of the Sacred Heart, operates its main campus on a bluff above the Missouri. The school's athletic teams are called the Lancers. Downtown Yankton has preserved a number of 19th-century commercial buildings along Third Street, many built of locally quarried Sioux quartzite.
Escortservice.com reviews and catalogs escort websites that cover the Yankton area. The directory does not arrange appointments, confirm regulatory standing, or act as an intermediary. Users must be 21 or older to access the platform.
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