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150th Anniversary Commemorative Edition
FOUR SECTIONS AUGUST 2011
PRESS&DAKOTAN
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Yankton150
niversary Of Dakota Terri1861 Dakota Territory Ortory Celebrated 1938
ganized Yankton Made
Territorial Capital
Chan Gurney Elected To
Weekly Dakotian Founded
The U.S. Senate 1940
Christ Episcopal Church
Yankton s 147th Field Arand First United
tillery Unit Mobilized For
Methodist Church
Service 1941 Local SolFounded 1862 Santee
diers Enter World War II
Wynn Speece s Neighbor
Sioux Uprising Yankton
Stockade Built TerritoLady Show Debuts On
WNAX 1943 Entrepreneur
rial Capitol Built 1866
First Brewery Opens In
D.B. Gurney Dies WNAX
Yankton First Cemetery
Erects World s Tallest
Transmitter Tower 1945
Organized 1869 City Of
Yankton Incorporated
World War II Ends 1946
1871 First Jail Built In
Yankton Clinic Opens
Yankton First Chamber
Cimpl Packing Company
Of Commerce Meetings
Opens 1947 City Of YankHeld 1872 First National
ton Purchases Meridian
Bank Opens 1873 Gen.
Bridge From Stockholders
George Custer And The
1948 First Drive-In Movie
7th Calvary Stop At YankTheater In S.D. Opens In
ton And Are Caught In
Yankton 1950 Bishop
Marty Chapel Built 1952
Blizzard Railroad ServRecord Flooding Seen On
ice Arrives In Yankton
1875 Yankton Swells
Missouri River GroundFrom Black Hills Gold
breaking For Gavins Point
Rush Yankton School
Dam 1953 Meridian
District Organizes
Bridge Debt Retired, Tolls
End Hillcrest Golf &
Weekly Dakotian Becomes A Daily 1876 The
Country Club Opens 1955
Yankton Adopts City Man Far West, Captained By
ager Form Of Government
Grant Marsh, Recovers
PHOTO: DAVE TUNGE/DAKOTA AERIALS
the
Observatory Hill
the Yankton
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150th birthday.
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Tunge of Dakota
2011.
Big Horn Sacred Heart
1956 Polio Epidemic Hits
Church Built 1877 Jack McCall Convicted, Hanged 1879 The Dakota Hos- Yankton Area 1957 Gavins Point Dam Opens Yankton Named An Allpital For The Insane Opens 1881 The Flood Of 1881 Yankton College
American City 1958 New Yankton High School Opens On Mulberry Street
Founded 1882 Yankton s Last Public Hanging Is Held 1883 Yankton Loses 1960 Dale Electronics Opens 1961 Yankton Celebrates Dakota Territory
Territorial Capitol 1884 Sacred Heart School Organized 1887 First City Hall Centennial Gavins Point National Fish Hatchery Opens Yankton County
Built 1888 Blizzard Of 88 Strikes Region Sioux Chief Struck-By-The-Ree Historical Society Organizes 1965 Chan Gurney Municipal Airport DediDies 1889 South Dakota Becomes A State Sacred Heart Monastery Relo- cated 1967 First Yankton Soldier Dies In Vietnam War 1968 New Sacred
cates To Yankton 1893 Gurney Seed and Nursery Co. Moves To Yankton
Heart Church Opens 1969 Mount Marty College Goes Co-Ed 1970 Yankton
1896 South Dakota State Fair Held In Yankton For First Time 1897 Sacred
Mall Opens Yankton College Coaching Legend Carl Youngworth Named
Heart Hospital Opens 1898 Soldiers From Yankton-Based Company C Par- The First Citizen Of The Year 1971 The New Dakota Territorial Museum
ticipate In Spanish-American War 1899 President William McKinley Visits
Opens 1973 Yankton Community Library Opens 1974 Yankton State HospiYankton To Welcome Home Troops 1900 Presidential Candidate William
tal Renamed South Dakota Human Services Center Yankton High School
Jennings Bryan Speaks In Yankton 1901 The Union Block Fire 1902 YankGirls Athletic Teams Dubbed Gazelles 1975 Yankton County Safety Center
ton Masonic Temple Built Dakota Theatre Built 1903 President Theodore Dedicated 1976 Alumax Opens 1978 Missouri River From Yankton To Ponca
Roosevelt Speaks In Yankton Yankton s Carnage Library Opens 1904
Designated As A National Recreational River 1979 Human Services Center
Rosebud Land Rush Floods Yankton With More Than 57,000 Claimants
Celebrates Its Centennial 1981 New Sacred Heart Hospital Opens 1982
1905 Yankton County Courthouse Opens Downtown Yankton Post Office
Merger Forms Yankton Medical Clinic John Mathis Murder Trial Held In
Opens State Fair Moves From Yankton To Huron 1906 Yankton High
Yankton 1983 Fire Guts WNAX Downtown Building 1984 Yankton College
School s First Girls Basketball Team Organized 1909 Dakota National Bank Closes First Riverboat Days Held 1985 Former Sen. Chan Gurney Dies
Founded 1911 The 50th Anniversary Of Dakota Territory Celebrated 1914
South Dakota Magazine Founded 1988 Mount Marty College s Laddie E.
First Medical Clinic In South Dakota Opens In Yankton 1915 Women Vote In Cimpl Arena Opens Yankton Federal Prison Camp Opens 1989 Yankton
A Yankton Election For the First Time 1916 The Nickname Greyhounds
Celebrates State Centennial 1991 Charlie Battery Soldiers Engage In PerProposed For Yankton College Athletic Teams 1917 U.S. Enters First World sian Gulf War 1992 Donald Moeller Murder Trial Held In Yankton, Receives
War Rhine Creek Renamed Marne Creek 1918 Global Influenza Epidemic Death Penalty 1993 St. Benedict Catholic Church Opens Heavy Rains,
Impacts Yankton World War I Ends 1921 Ernest Bowyer Post 791 Organ- Flooding Hit Yankton Area Fox Run Golf Course Opens 1996 Yankton High
ized 1922 WNAX Goes On The Air 1924 Meridian Bridge Opens YHS Bas- School/Summit Activities Center Opens New Human Services Center
ketball Team Falls In National Finals 1927 Lawrence Welk Gives First
Opens 1998 Bernie Hunhoff Loses Gubernatorial Bid 2000 Gurney s Seed
Yankton Performance 1928 Yankton s First Airport Opens 1931 First NaAnd Nursery Leaves Yankton 2001 Yankton Responds To 9/11 Attacks 2003
Yankton County Government Center Opens 2004 Yankton Celebrates The
tional Bank & Trust And Dakota National Bank Merge Huge Dust Storm
Smothers Yankton, Symbolizing The Start Of The Dirty Thirties Yankton Lewis And Clark Bicentennial 2005 Charlie Battery Soldiers Killed In Iraq
College s Smokey Joe Mendel Ties World Record In The 100-Yard Dash
2008 Discovery Bridge Dedicated 2009 Christmas Blizzard Paralyzes
1932 U.S. Vice President
Yankton 2010 Matt Michels
Charles Curtis Campaigns In
Elected Lieutenant Governor
Yankton 1935 New Yankton
2011 Yankton Celebrates Its
City Hall Built 1936 Mount
150th Anniversary The
Marty Founded 75th AnMissouri River Flood Of 2011
A Story 150 Years
(And More) In The Making!
