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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WW8_scenic-missouri-valley-historical_Yankton-NE.html
This scenic overlook provides a clear view of the valley of the Missouri River,
the longest waterway in North America. To the west is the Gavins Point Dam and
the Lewis and Clark Recreation Area. The dam was built to harness the fury of
the ri…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WW7_meeting-the-yankton-sioux-historical_Yankton-NE.html
On August 27, 1804, the Lewis and Clark Expedition set up its camp for four days downstream from Calumet Bluff. The explorers came across three American Indian boys who told them of a large Yankton Sioux camp nearby.
Knowing that President Jeff…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WW6_meridian-highway-historical_Yankton-NE.html
You are within sight and sound of a Midwestern dream come true - the Meridian Highway.
In 1911 a group of Kansans and Nebraskans drafted a plan for a highway paralleling the sixth principal meridian through America's heartland from Canada to Me…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WW5_the-great-missouri-river-historical_Yankton-NE.html
The Missouri, the continent's longest river, figures prominently in the unfolding of America's saga. Flowing nearby in its 2,341 - mile course from the Rocky Mountains to the Mississippi, the Big Muddy is not only loaded with sediment but steeped …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WW4_historic-missouri-valley-historical_Yankton-NE.html
During their exploration of the Missouri and Columbia Rivers, Lewis and Clark held councils with Ponca, Omaha, and Sioux Indians inhabiting this region. The council with the Sioux occurred August 28-31, 1804 at Calumet Bluff now the southern abutm…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNAL_pierre-dorion-sr_Yankton-SD.html
West of this stone near the crest of the hill is the burial site of Pierre Dorion, Sr., an early trader in what is now South Dakota. Born in Canada in 1740, Pierre came to this area around 1774-1775 to trade with the Sioux. He married Holy Rainbow…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4KJ_courthouse-memorial_Yankton-SD.html
The Yankton County Courthouse stood at this site from 1905 to 2003. The handsome three-story building was dedicated Nov. 1, 1905. Speakers at that event estimated it would have "a long life of 25 years." The building far exceeded those expectation…