General George Custer and his calvary also camped near Yankton in before their fateful battle with the Native Americans took place in Montana. The wild west visited Yankton one year later in when the killer of Wild Bill Hickok, Jack McCall was hanged after his trial in town. McCall is buried in Yankton cemetery. Steam boats passed through Yankton from the s to the s carrying explorers, workers and cargo. Several prominent ship captains decided to dock in Yankton and call it home.
Grant Prince March is one of those men who contributed to the sprinkling of historical homes throughout Yankton. The Benedictine Sisters soon followed to bring religion to the growing town of Yankton. Residents have kept the town alive, he says. The one thing that impresses me most is the progressive attitude of the community. Yankton also impressed Diane Norton and her husband, Brian, who lived in Denver and Portland before moving their family here.
Besides getting away from the aggravations of city life, the Nortons decided to move here because they saw it as a great place to raise their kids. Diane got the idea for her company, lewisandclarktrail. After struggling for hours to find quality information on the famous explorers in one place, her Web site was born. Most of their business is done online, but as business grew, they opened a store downtown to sell and license official Lewis and Clark merchandise.
Some survived the raging waters and still stand today. Many were constructed in the late 19th century, some with sandstone or Sioux quartzite, others with brick.
As in olden days, downtown business owners still band together. The goal of the modern Historic Riverfront District is to return Third Street to its early prominence. Projects include restoring historic infrastructure, bringing new businesses to the area and promoting special events and activities.
Michael Freeman, vice president of business development of the HRD, says that the project unites the downtown businesses. Since , Third has been repaved, and stoplights replaced by stop signs.
Sidewalks have benches, and light poles and medians are enlivened with plants. Yankton native Cena Bernard and her husband, Curt, have been at the forefront in preserving the downtown shopping district. Bob Cappel of the chamber also sees the potential. A special mix of businesses is exactly what visitors find downtown.
Several antique stores bring historic flavor; in the largest, Road Show Antique Mall, collectors display their treasures in 20 or so unique showrooms. Cooks love The Pantry, a cluttered little shop with unique baking and cookware items. The Yankton Chamber of Commerce has just opened a new headquarters and visitor center near downtown. The new County Office Building has just replaced the demolished courthouse. Other historic downtown niche shops sell pets, jewelry, clothing and scrapbook supplies.
Rexall Drug, located in the old American State Bank Building, has been owned and operated downtown by local pharmacists since , according to pharmacist Phil Dohn. Inside you will find everything from Advil to wine, jellybeans to Hallmark nick-knacks. While friendly pharmacists fill prescriptions, there is ample time to check out the gourmet hand-dipped truffles at the candy counter.
Dohn says the gift shop replaces what used to be a bank vault. They were never caught. The Main Street Project has also brought life to downtown with seasonal events —— a car show in June, farmers markets every weekend in summer, a Halloween walk-through and River City Christmas. A big draw for downtown is, of course, the river itself.
There are other pleasant downtowns, but few are just two blocks from a major river, yet protected from flooding. On sultry summer nights, motorcycles and pickup trucks park by the loading dock and patrons order their beverages of choice, a privilege unique to customers of the Ice House, which established this way of doing business before laws were passed to restrict public drinking.
The view across the street is beautifully-groomed Riverside Park, a replica of the Territorial Capitol building and the river. But Yankton is more than downtown and the river. The striking architecture of the former Yankton College now houses minimum-security federal prisoners. Inmates in white shirts and khaki pants manage prison grounds —— mowing, painting, planting flowers, weeding and shoveling snow. They also perform significant community service jobs around town, including building homes with Habitat for Humanity.
There have been few problems, and these days residents hardly take note. It looks better today than when it was a college. It is so well taken care of. We are fortunate that the federal government has a vested interest in Yankton. Yankton is also fortunate to have a leading medical center, which began when the Benedictine sisters of Sacred Heart Monastery arrived in The monastery is located on a bluff west of downtown with a spectacular view of the Missouri.
Besides the monastery, the nuns have given Yankton a stunning chapel, a four-year college, a regional medical center and an assisted living and senior care complex. It is comforting to have the healthcare we have in this town. Mount Marty College was founded in in the back yard of the hospital.
Today the college attracts students both young and old. Sister Cynthia is enthusiastic about other opportunities the school brings, such as concerts and plays.
The city is located on one of the last free-flowing, natural stretches of the Missouri River; this segment of the river, between Gavins Point Dam four miles west of Yankton, and Ponca State Park in Nebraska, has been designated by the U.
The city is located approximately six miles west of the point where the James River flows into the Missouri. The central business district of the city is located on a natural landing along the Missouri River, and city rises in the west to "Mount Marty" actually a high bluff along the river. The city is also intersected by the Marne Creek, which also flows into the Missouri River. According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 8. As of the census of , there were 14, people, 5, households, and 3, families residing in the city.
The population density was 1, There were 6, housing units at an average density of The racial makeup of the city was Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3. There were 5, households of which The average household size was 2. The median age in the city was The gender makeup of the city was As of the census of , there were 13, people, 5, households, and 3, families residing in the city. There were 5, housing units at an average density of Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.
There were 5, households out of which In the city, the population was spread out with The median age was 38 years. For every females there were For every females age 18 and over, there were About 6. This is no longer the case as of the HPCI. The site of Yankton was occupied by the Yankton Sioux Nakota prior to the arrival of European settlers.
In the journals of the expedition, the explorers write of a meeting on August 30, with members of the Yankton Sioux Tribe on a Missouri River bluff presently known as Calumet Bluff. As recently as , the present day site of Yankton was occupied by a village of Yankton Sioux led by Chief Pa-le-ne-a-pa-pe "Struck by the Ree". Two years later, with the signing of the Yankton Treaty of , the land was opened for settlement. The city grew as a stop for steamboats to take on fresh water and supplies, especially after steamboat traffic boomed when gold was discovered in the Black Hills.
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