Yankton
1. Why is Yankton known as
the Mother City of the Dakotas?
2. What seed and nursery company
was built in Yankton in 1888?
3. What is the world’s largest association
that calls Yankton home?
4. What two famous explorers traveled along the Missouri in 1804?
5. What form of early transportation put Yankton on the map?
6. Yankton is home to the oldest what in South Dakota and North Dakota?
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7. What infamous trial and hanging took place in Yankton?
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Bonus Questions for number seven
- Who did Jack McCall murder?
- Why was his trail held in Yankton?
- Where was the trial held at?
8. What radio station was started at the Gurney’s Seed and
Nursery building?
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9. What summer job did young Tom Brokaw have in Yankton?
10. True or False - Christ Episcopal Church was the first church in
Dakota Territory?
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11. What U.S. President spoke at the intersection of Third and Walnut?
12. How many campgrounds are there in the Yankton area?
13. The Dakota Theatre’s original name was what?
A. Yankton’s Opera House
B. Carmike Cinemas
C. Marian Theatre
D. Dr. Denton W. Rudgers’s House of Terror
14. The closest National Park to Yankton is?
15. The Meridian Bridge has two decks. What form of transportation
was the lower deck originally intended for?
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