River Port and the Flood of 1881 Yankton, South Dakota
a view of yankton s riverfront after flood of march 1881.
the resulting flood waters continued accumulate behind debris, , march 29, town’s riverfront , downtown covered in water, ice , rock, destroying or stranding several riverboats moored there. result of flood, , expansion of railroads preferred method of shipping goods (the railroad reached yankton in 1872, , rest of dakota throughout 1870s), yankton’s river boat traffic reduced, , city’s role prominent stopping point on way west dwindled on next several years.
francis marion ziebach established second newspaper in area became south dakota, weekly dakotan, in yankton on june 6, 1861, bringing outfit sioux falls team , wagon. second newspaper, started francis marion ziebach, still published today yankton press , dakotan.
in 1882, human services center established psychiatric hospital. on june 2, 1883, dakota territory governor nehemiah g. ordway moved territorial capital yankton bismarck, present-day north dakota.
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