Bruce Baillie, experimental filmmaker and founding member of Canyon Cinema
L. Frank Baum, famous for his book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
John Cacavas, Hollywood film score composer
Tom Daschle, former U.S. Senator and Senate Majority Leader
Justin Duchscherer, MLB pitcher for the Oakland Athletics
Terry Francona, current Boston Red Sox manager
Matilda Joslyn Gage, suffragist, Native American activist, abolitionist, freethinker, and author
Mary GrandPré, illustrator
Joseph Hansen (writer), American mystery writer
Josh Heupel, quarterback for the 2000 National Champion Oklahoma Sooners
David C. Jones, USAF General and former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Roland Loomis, key figure in the Modern Primitive Movement
Brigadier General LaVerne
G. Saunders, WWII USAF General
Julie Sommars, actress
Alcester Archie M. Gubbrud- former Governor of South Dakota.
Arlington
Theodore Schultz, co-winner of the Nobel Prize in economics in 1979, was born in Arlington in 1902
Avon
1972 Democratic presidential candidate George McGovern was born here and raised here until he was 6, when his family moved to Mitchell.
Baltic
Nils Boe, Governor of South Dakota from 1965 to 1969.
Belle Fourche
At one point, in 1895, Belle Fourche was shipping 2500 carloads of cattle per month in the peak season, making it the world's largest livestock shipping point.
Jason Kubel - Baseball player for the Minnesota Twins.
William J. Bulow - Former South Dakota Governor and United States Senator.
Ernest Lundeen - Former Minnesota Senator.
Box Elder
South Dakota Air and Space Museum
Bridgewater
Birthplace of Hall of Fame baseball manager Sparky Anderson.
Bristol
Bristol is the home of the Zucchini Festival each year in the late summer, with fun activities and games centering on the zucchini.
Bristol is a designated spot on the historic Yellowstone Trail, which at one time was a route for covered wagons marked by yellow paint on rocks and poles.
Tom Brokaw, longtime NBC Nightly News Anchor.
Britton
Frank Farrar, twenty-fourth Governor of South Dakota.
Brookings
Home to South Dakota State University, the largest institution of higher education in the state.
On October 7, 2005, Brookings was featured on the reality-TV show Three Wishes.
Burke
Notable People
Larry D. Shippy a Republican member of the Wyoming House of Representatives.
Canton Indian Insane Asylum
Canton
Canton Indian Insane Asylum In 1898, Congress passed a bill creating the first and only 'Institution for Insane Indians' in the United States. The Canton Indian Insane Asylum (sometimes called Hiawatha Insane Asylum) opened for the reception of patients in January, 1903. Many of the inmates were not mentally ill. Native Americans risked being confined in the asylum for alcoholism, opposing government or business interests, or for being culturally misunderstood. A 1927 investigation conducted by the Bureau of Indian Affairs determined that a large number of patients showed no signs of mental illness. The asylum was closed in 1934. While open, more than 350 patients were detained there, in terrible conditions. At least 121 died. Land was set aside for a cemetery, but the Indian Office decided that stone markers for graves would be an unwarranted expense. Today, the cemetery (121 names) is located in the middle of a golf course in Canton. No one knows the cause of death of the incarcerated or why they were even at the asylum. The National Park Service has recently added the cemetery to the National Register of Historic Places.
Mike Broderick was a member of the South Dakota State Senate.
Joel Dykstra a member of the South Dakota State House of Representatives.
Tim Johnson - South Dakota U.S Senator.
Ernest Lawrence - Nobel Laureate who invented the Cyclotron.
John Lawrence - The Father of Nuclear Medicine.
James M. Wahl - South Dakota Legislator.
Jillayne Fossum - Miss South Dakota Teen USA 1988. Miss South Dakota USA 1991.
On July 21, 2008, Stephen Colbert made a comment on The Colbert Report about John McCain making a campaign stop in Canton, Ohio, and "not the crappy Canton in Georgia."[9] The comment resulted in a local uproar, which prompted Stephen to apologize for the story during his July 30, 2008, show, insisting that he was incorrect and that the "real" crappy Canton was Canton, Kansas, after which he made several jokes at the town's expense[10][11] resulting in another uproar from local residents[12] and Kansas governor Kathleen Sebelius.[13] On August 5, 2008, Colbert apologized to citizens of Canton, Kansas, then directed his derision at Canton, South Dakota by calling it "North Dakota's dirty ashtray" and satirizing the town in song.[14][15] On August 12, 2008, Colbert apologized to the people of Canton, South Dakota, then continued this running gag by calling Canton, Texas, an "incorporated outhouse."[16][17] This jab at the Texas town had been predicted by Governor Sebelius at the end of her July 31, 2008 remarks.
Carthage
Carthage gained a small amount of notoriety when it was featured in the book Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer. The book's subject, Chris McCandless, took a job at a grain elevator in the community.
Castlewood
Shane Mack (mayor)-18 year old mayor, possibly a national record.
Chamberlain
Chamberlain is home to the Akta Lakota Museum, which profiles the lives of nomadic Plains Indians.
Chamberlain is also the home of the South Dakota Hall of Fame.
Clark
Samuel H. Elrod the fifth Governor of South Dakota.
Custer
The site of one of the major encampments of the Black Hills Expedition of Brevet Major General (a largely ceremonial title, his official rank was Lt. Colonel) George Armstrong Custer's 7th Cavalry in 1874 and the location of the first public discovery of gold in the Black Hills
Custer claims to have the widest Main Street in the United States. It is verified that the street was made wide enough for a team of oxen pulling a wagon to turn completely around
Custer State Park just outside of town remains one of the biggest draws to this area during the tourist season.
Deadwood
The town attained notoriety for the murder of Wild Bill Hickok, and remains the final resting place of Hickok and Calamity Jane, as well as slightly less famous figures such as Seth Bullock.
In 1876, General George Crook pursued the Sioux Indians from the Battle of Little Big Horn on an expedition that ended in Deadwood, and that came to be known as the Horsemeat March.
The entire town was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1961.
De Smet
De Smet was the childhood home of Laura Ingalls Wilder and the birthplace of author Rose Wilder Lane. Five of her classic Little House books were based on her experiences in and around the community.
Eagle Butte
Birthplace of Norm Van Brocklin. A Pro Football Hall of Fame player and coach.
Birthplace of writer Joshua Prager.
Elk Point
Chuck Tollefson – player for the NFL, Green Bay Packers
Eureka
Al Neuharth, Founder USA Today [1], former Chairman, Gannett Corp. Born Eureka 1924, owns summer home in Eureka.
Faith
The most complete Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton known, was discovered about 15 miles north and east of Faith in June 1990.
Catherine Bach, actress
Boyd Raeburn, jazz bandleader and bass saxophonist (1913-1966)
Faulkton
Joseph H. Bottum-Former South Dakota Senator.
Firesteel
Firesteel was the only coal mining community in South Dakota. The first coal was found in 1907 or 1908 by W. Benoist and A. Traversie in a prairie dog town. A commercial coal mine was opened in 1911. Because of the expensive cost of a railroad, the mine was locally operated until World War I, when the railroad costs dropped and wider markets opened. In 1929, a new dragline was purchased by Firesteel Coal Company, and mechanical stripping was made possible. In 1933, the State Relief Agency opened a new mine about 3/4 of a mile southwest of the town to provide more fuel for people struggling through the Great Depression. However, this mine closed on March 17, 1934, when the government realized that purchasing coal was cheaper than mining it.
Flandreau
Gene Amdahl (b. 1922) computer architect known for Amdahl's Law
Dell Dailey Ambassador-at-Large, Coordinator for Counterterrorism U.S. Department of State
Fort Pierre
John C. Waldron -World War II aviator from Fort Pierre.
Walter Dale Miller -Former governor who resides there part of the time.
Casey Tibbs -American cowboy and actor.
Frankfort Harvey L. Wollman was the twenty-sixth Governor of South Dakota.
Garettson
Garretson is home to Devil's Gulch the site where Jesse James escaped the posse after robbing the First National Bank in Northfield, Minnesota.
Palisades State Park is also near Garretson, SD.
Gayville
Gayville is the self-proclaimed "Hay Capital of the World".
Gayville is also constantly in competition with nearby Meckling, the self proclaimed "Hay Capital of the Universe."
Gayville is home of the annual Gayville Hay Days celebration in July
Gettysburg
The most successful American horse trainer, Steve Asmussen of Laredo, Texas, was born in Gettysburg in 1965.
Hill City
Sue Controversy
On August 12, 1990, Sue Hendrickson, an American paleontologist working for the Black Hills Institute of Geological Research discovered the fossil of what would become the most complete skeleton of a Tyrannosaurus Rex ever discovered. The fossil was named "Sue" after the woman who discovered it. After discovery, excavation, and transport to the Institute's facilities in Hill City, controversy arose as to who the rightful owners of the fossil was. The parties in dispute were the land owner, Maurice Williams, the tribe - and thus the federal government, and the Black Hills Institute. Since Mr. Williams had put the part of his land "in trust" with the federal government was case to this action. On May 12, 1992 FBI agents seized Sue from the Institute over the course of three days. The fossil was shipped to South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. Through the ongoing court battle it was finally decided that Maurice Williams was the owner of the fossil. The federal government later brought a 39 count 153 charge indictment against the institute and several of its members which was related to this case and other fossils. This case turned into the longest criminal trial in South Dakota state history. Finally Peter Larson the president of the institute was convicted on two counts customs violations for which he served two years in federal prison. Sue was finally auctioned off by Sotheby's auction house, and sold by Maurice Williams to the Field Museum in Chicago, Illinois for 8.36 million dollars.[
Hot Springs
Some of the attractions in the Hot Springs area are the Mammoth Site of Hot Springs and Evans Plunge with its naturally warm 87 °F (31 °C) spring water. The town is a gateway to the attractions of the southern Black Hills, particularly Wind Cave National Park. Hot Springs holds the annual Miss South Dakota pageant. In recognition of its historic value, the National Trust for Historic Preservation listed Hot Springs as one of its 2009 Dozen Distinctive Destinations.
Howard
Notable People
Johan Andreas Holvik, author and educator
Humboldt
Notable People
Karl Mundt, United States Congressman and Senator, was born in Humboldt and spent part of his childhood there.
Larry Pressler, United States Congressman and Senator, was born in Humboldt and attended elementary and high school there
Huron
Huron was the home of now-defunct Huron University (known in its later years as Si Tanka University) since 1897
Notable Alumni
Garney Henley, Canadian Football Hall of Fame player
Muriel Humphrey, wife of Vice President Hubert Humphrey, served briefly as U.S. Senator from Minnesota
Harvey L. Wollman, Lieutenant Governor and Governor of South Dakota
Huron is also the home of the South Dakota State Fair
Notable People
J.L. Carr, English novelist, taught for a year at the public school in Huron in 1938-39 and 1956-57
Earl Caddock, wrestler. He had to leave as a child to be treated for tuberculosis.
Patrick Davis, Republican political consultant and former director of the National Republican Senatorial Committee.
Rod DeHaven, 2000 Olympian in the marathon.
John K. Fairbank, the renowned China historian, was born in Huron in 1907.
Candace Hilligoss, actress of the cult horror movie Carnival of Souls, was born in Huron in 1935.
Muriel Humphrey, senator from Minnesota in 1978 and wife of Hubert Humphrey, was born in Huron on Feb. 20, 1912.
Cheryl Ladd, actress/singer born Cheryl Jean Stoppelmoor in Huron.
Gladys Pyle, first woman Senator from the state, and only woman ever elected United States Senator from South Dakota, was born in Huron on Oct. 4, 1890.
Mike Rounds, South Dakota governor, was born in Huron on Oct. 24, 1954, and left with his family when he was 3 years old.
Ron Tschetter was born here and is a former director of the Peace Corps
Keystone
Mount Rushmore National Memorial, which is located just beyond city limits.
Among its tourist attractions is the Black Hills Central Railroad, built in 1900 for Black Hills gold. It now operates passenger trains pulled by preserved steam locomotives.
Carrie Ingalls ("Little House on the Prairie") spent a significant part of her adult life here, living with her husband David N. Swanzey and his children. Her sister Mary Ingalls lived with them for a while and died here in 1928.
Kimball
Notable People
Alton Oschner - Dr. Oschner was born in Kimball and graduated from Kimball High School. He was "a world renowned surgeon and founder of the Oschner Clinic and Hospital in New Orleans. He is credited with convincing the medical world of the connection between cigarette smoking and lung cancer and heart disease. A famous cartoonist [6] used his crusade as a subject for one of his drawings
Lake Norden
Lake Norden is the home of the South Dakota Amateur Baseball Hall of Fame
Lake Preston
Notable People
Ora McMurry, Distinguished Service Cross, World War I
Lead
It is the site of the Homestake Mine, the largest, deepest (8240 feet) and most productive gold mine in the Western Hemisphere before closing in January 2002.
Lead and the Homestake Mine have been selected as the site of the Deep Underground Science and Engineering Laboratory, a proposed NSF facility for low-background experiments on neutrinos, dark matter, and other nuclear physics topics, as well as biology and mine engineering studies.
The city contains the Lemmon Petrified Park, the home of the world's largest petrified-wood park. This tourist attraction fills an entire block of the downtown area and is built entirely of petrified wood, fossils, and stone. Construction began in 1930 and continued until 1932 under the supervision of Ole S. Quammen. It was in private ownership until 1954, when it was donated to the city by Quammen's heirs. The park features a wishing well, a waterfall, and a castle. The castle weighs 300 tons and boasts towering spires and turrets. Also in the park are two separate museums, both built entirely of petrified wood. The larger of the two is circular has a petrified grass floor along with petrified logs. Dinosaur claws, bird tracks, and fossilized snakes can be seen in the petrified wood. Also in the museum are antiques and artifacts from the Lemmon area. The formations in the park number over 100 and are up to 20 ft tall.
Notable People
Kathleen Norris, poet
Leola
Notable People
David N. Crouch an Independent member of the South Dakota House of Representatives.
Madison
Notable People
Former four-term US Senator Karl E Mundt (Republican, 1948–1973) is from Madison. He has a library on the DSU campus in his honor and his remains are buried in the local cemetery.
Long-time host of Entertainment Tonight, Mary Hart was born in Madison in 1950.
John Green, notable wildlife artist. John Green's Web Studio
Jessica Fjerstad, Miss South Dakota Teen USA 2002 and Miss South Dakota USA 2005
Charles McCallister an American water polo player who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics and in the 1936 Summer Olympics.
Gene Vidal, player on Washington Senators team. Was an assistant coach of Army basketball, football and track teams. Olympic competitor in 1920 and 1924. After serving in the Army from 1918–26, he coached football at Oregon in 1926-27. He was a pioneer in the commercial aviation field, helping form both TWA and Northeast Airlines. Had an affair with Amelia Earhart. Father of Gore Vidal
Marion
Notable People
Frank Bausch was an American football offensive lineman in the NFL.
Dinosaur Statue
Midland
Very cool dinosaur statue.
Milbank
Milbank is the birthplace of American Legion Baseball played in all fifty states by more than five thousand teams.
Notable People
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Clarence (Pug) Manders, a National Football League running back for the Brooklyn Dodgers/Tigers.
Jack Manders, an NFL running back for the Chicago Bears
Mission
On episodes of The Price is Right, Bob Barker denoted that Mission was the town in which he spent his childhood while his mother worked as a teacher on the Indian reservation.
Mission is also the home of Neal Wanless, who won a South Dakota–record $232.1 million (annuity value; he chose the cash option) in the Powerball drawing of May 27, 2009.
The Corn Palace
Mitchell
Mitchell is home of the Corn Palace. The Corn Palace is decorated with several colors of dried corn and grains creating murals. The theme of the external murals is changed yearly at fall harvest; internal murals are changed approximately every ten years. The building itself is used for several purposes including a basketball arena, the local high school prom, trade shows, staged entertainment, and the Shriner's Circus
Mitchell is the home to the Dakota Discovery Museum, whose mission is the history of the prairie and the people who settled it.
Notable People
George McGovern, former Representative and Senator from South Dakota and 1972 Democratic nominee for President, grew up in Mitchell.
Adam Morrison, current basketball player for the Charlotte Bobcats, briefly lived in Mitchell as a young child while his father was coaching at Dakota Wesleyan.
Jessica Herrgott, Miss South Dakota Teen USA 2001
Michael (Mike) Lloyd Miller was born and raised in Mitchell and is an American professional basketball player, was 2000-01 NBA Rookie of the Year, 2005-06 NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award winner, and is currently a member of the NBA's Washington Wizards.
Jared Reiner - former NBA player, now playing basketball professionally in Europe.
Disc Jockey and voice actor Gary Owens was born in Mitchell.
Ordell Braase, former NFL player and broadcaster
Mobridge
Indigenous American Oscar Howe did a mural for the town's auditorium.
There are also disputed claims that some or all of Sitting Bull's remains were moved to Mobridge.
Hall of Fame thoroughbred trainer Bill Mott was born in Mobridge
Montrose
The porter sculpture park is located outside the Montrose community, not far from I-90. Inside the park there sits 50 giant metal creatures designed by welding extra metal junk together. Of these 50 there is a 60 foot tall longhorn, a giant pink rocking horse, and a magic dragon!
Mount Vernon
Notable People
Chad Greenway, Minnesota Vikings linebacker
Murdo
Notable People
Hometown of current Republican U.S. Senator John Thune.
Onida
Notable People
Curt Byrum is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour. Brother Tom Byrum is also a American professional golfer, who has also played on the PGA Tour.
Parker
Parker has hosted the Turner County Fair, the oldest county fair in South Dakota
Notable People
Jiggs Parson (William Edwin Parson)(1885–1967) - a famous baseball player who played for the Boston Doves and the Boston Rustlers
Large Prairie Dog Statue - Philip
Philip
12 Foot Tall Prairie Dog
Notable People
Patrick Henry Brady – Medal of Honor recipient for service in the Vietnam War
Lincoln McIlravy – bronze medalist in wrestling at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Pierre
Notable People
Floyd Bannister was a pitcher in Major League Baseball.
Ernest O. Lawrence, physicist and Nobel Laureate
M. Michael Rounds, Governor of South Dakota
Plankinton
Plankinton was home to an annual wheat palace, which became a successful regional attraction and inspired the Corn Palace in nearby Mitchell, South Dakota.
Pollock
Pollock is unique because of being a “town on the move." Few, if any places, can boast of celebrating 100 years as a town and then follow with a 50th anniversary celebration a few years later; but Pollock can do just that. The town celebrated its centennial in 2001 and the new town had a 50 year celebration in 2005.
Pollock’s history would have been very similar to other small towns in rural communities had it not been for the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers deciding to build a dam on the Missouri River. The water from this dam was to flood the original town site and create Lake Oahe. The people in the town were faced with a life changing decision-disband the town or move the town east, north or south.
On January 27, 1953 a town meeting was held to determine the fate of Pollock. On the second vote a unanimous ballot was cast for the southern site, which was one mile up the hill. This resulted in E.L. McKay, editor of the Pollock Pioneer, using the byline “A city built on a hill cannot be hid“ as part of the heading of the weekly newspaper. The phrase remains the motto of the town to this day.
The official groundbreaking of the new town took place on June 4, 1955. The years that followed were filled with changes and challenges. Citizens still reminisce about the moving of the lumber yard and elevator; the building of new houses, a one-legged water tower, two new churches and a new school; the exchanging of homes amongst citizens; the leveling of the old town site; the filling of the Oahe Dam and Lake Pocassee; the developing of a 60 acre park; the securing of a cheese plant and expanding water related recreational opportunities.
Presho
Notable People
Clint Roberts - United States Congressman for South Dakota's 2nd congressional district from 1981 to 1983.
Redfield
In 1902 the "Northern Hospital for the Insane," a state institution, opened on a campus just north of town. That facility remains in operation today as the South Dakota Developmental Center.
Notable People
Hallie Flanagan-Director of the Federal Theatre Project.
Conde McCullough-Bridge engineer.
Sisseston
Notable People
Gabriel Renville - Last Chief of the Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux Tribe.
Joe Robbie - Original owner of the Miami Dolphins.
"Mean" Gene Okerlund - Professional wrestling personality.
Floyd Westerman, actor
Spearfish
In 1938 Joseph Meier brought the Luenen Passion Play to settle permanently in Spearfish and become the Black Hills Passion Play, drawing thousands of visitors every year during the summer months.
In 2007 after the death of Joseph Meier, the amphitheater and 23 acres (93,000 m2) surrounding it were put on up for sale.
World record temperature change Spearfish holds the world record for the fastest temperature change. On January 22, 1943 at about 7:30 a.m. MST, the temperature in Spearfish was -4° degrees F (-20°C). The chinook wind picked up speed rapidly, and two minutes later (7:32 a.m.) the temperature was +45°F above zero (+7°C). The 49-degree rise (27°C) in two minutes set a world record that still holds. By 9:00 a.m., the temperature had risen to 54°F (12°C). Suddenly, the chinook died down and the temperature tumbled back to -4°F (-20°C). The 58-degree drop (32°C) took only 27 minutes
Spencer
The city was almost completely destroyed by a violent F4 tornado on May 30, 1998 which killed 6.
Sturgis
Sturgis is most famous for being the location of one of the largest annual motorcycle events in the world, which is held annually on the first full week of August. Motorcycle enthusiasts from around the world flock to this usually sleepy town during the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally.
As part of the vast Ellsworth Air Force Base complex, the land north of Sturgis was dotted with 50 Minuteman missile silos, with the closest (L5) only 3.5 miles from the center of the town.
Tyndall
Notable People
Josh Ranek - Canadian Football League player.
Robert Taplett - Marine Corps officer, recipient of the Navy Cross.
Raleigh Aitchison - Pitcher in Major League Baseball from 1911-1915
Vermillion
Lewis and Clark camped at the mouth of the Vermillion River near the present day town on Friday, August 24, 1804. (The previous day they had killed their first buffalo and the following day they climbed Spirit Mound, according to Clark's journal.)
John James Audubon visited the Vermillion ravine to view the bird life in 1843.
Donald Opperman's car parked illegally on the streets on December 10, 1973 leads to U.S. Supreme Court case South Dakota v. Opperman decided March 29, 1976.
Notable People
Todd Tiahrt, U.S. Representative (R-Kansas)
Kevin Brady, U.S. Representative (R-Texas)
Carl Gunderson, former Governor of South Dakota
Abby Whiteside, controversial piano teacher and theorist
Shawn Colvin, noted singer-songwriter
John L. Jolley U.S. Congressman from South Dakota (and former Vermillion mayor) died in Vermillion in 1926 and is buried at Bluff View Cemetery.
Andrew E. Lee, South Dakota's third governor and its first democratic (Populist) Governor (and former Vermillion mayor), died in Vermillion on March 19, 1934 and is buried at Bluff View Cemetery.
The town is most famous for the Wall Drug Store, which opened as a small pharmacy in 1931 during the Depression, but eventually developed into a large roadside tourist attraction.
Watertown
Watertown is home to the Redlin Art Center which houses many of the original art works produced by Terry Redlin, one of America's most popular wildlife artists
Notable People
Cleveland L. Abbott, Outstanding coach and educator at Tuskegee Institute
Robert J. Fox, Roman Catholic priest
George R. Mather, General in the U.S. Army, Commander in Chief, United States Southern Command (USCINCSO) from 1969 to 1971.
James G. McFarland, (born 1912, died 2002), President and CEO General Mills (retired 1977)
Arthur C. Mellette, last Dakota Territorial Governor and first Governor of the State of South Dakota.
Lee Raymond, (born 1938), chemical engineer and long-term Chairman and CEO, Exxon Corporation and ExxonMobile, born and attended primary and secondary school in Watertown
Terry Redlin, (born 1937) one of America's most popular wildlife artists.
Webster
Notable People
Sigurd Anderson - Governor of South Dakota, 1951-1954.
Tom Brokaw - Retired television anchorman for NBC was born in Webster.
Jerry Brudos - Oregon serial killer was born in Webster.
Brock Lesnar - Former professional wrestler and current mixed martial arts fighter and Heavyweight Champion in the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
Winner
Winner is very well known for its pheasant season. Pheasant season runs from October to December and brings many individuals from throughout the United States.
Notable People
Frank Leahy, the famous Notre Dame coach who took the Fighting Irish to several national championships
Woonsocket
Notable People
Volney F. Warner retired United States Army four star general
Eleanor McGovern
Yankton
Yankton was the original capital of Dakota Territory
A famous landmark is the Human Services Center it was established as a psychiatric hospital in 1882. It is on The National Register of Historic Places.
Yankton's Riverboat Days is an annual celebration held in the third full weekend in August that attracts 135,000 people.
Notable People
Tom Brokaw, former NBC anchorman
Lyle Alzado, NFL player, played college football at Yankton College
Adam Vinatieri, NFL placekicker for the Indianapolis Colts, was born in Yankton
Robert H. Warren, fourth Superintendent of the United States Air Force Academy
