1905 --- Yankton County Courthouse Opens • Downtown Yankton Post Office Opens • State Fair Moves From Yankton To Huron 1906 --- Yankton High School Fields Its First Girls Basketball Team 1911 --- The 50th Anniversary Of Dakota Territory Celebrated 1914 --- First Medical Clinic In South Dakota Opens In Yankton 1915 --- Yankton Women Vote For The First Time 1916 --- The Nickname ‘Greyhounds’ Proposed For Yankton College Athletic Teams 1917 --- U.S. Enters First World War 1918 --- Global Influenza Epidemic Impacts Yankton • World War I Ends • Rhine Creek Renamed Marne Creek 1921 --- Ernest Bowyer Post 791 Organizes 1922 --- WNAX Goes On The Air • Mount Marty Academy Opens 1924 --- Meridian Bridge Opens • YHS Boys’ Basketball Team Reaches National Finals 1927 --- Lawrence Welk Gives His First Yankton Performance 1931 --- Huge Dust Storm Smothers Yankton, Symbolizing The Arrival Of The ‘Dirty Thirties’ • Yankton College’s ‘Smokey’ Joe Mendel Ties World Record In The 100-Yard Dash 1932 --- U.S. Vice President Charles Curtis Campaigns In Yankton 1933 --- Yankton Municipal Airport Opens 1935 --- New Yankton City Hall Built 1936 --- Mount Marty Junior College Founded • The 75th Anniversary Of Dakota Territory Celebrated 1938 --- Chan Gurney Elected To The U.S. Senate 1940 --- Yankton’s 147th Field Artillery Unit Mobilizes For Service 1941 --- Local Soldiers Enter World War II • Wynn Speece’s ‘Neighbor Lady’ Show Debuts On WNAX 1943 --- WNAX Erects World’s Tallest Transmitter Tower 1945 --- World War II Ends 1946 --- Yankton Clinic Opens • Cimpl Packing Company Opens 1947 --- City Of Yankton Purchases Meridian Bridge From Stockholders 1950 --- Bishop Marty Chapel Consecrated 1951 --- Mount Marty College Awards First Bachelor Degrees 1952 --- Record Flooding Seen On Missouri River • Groundbreaking For Gavins Point Dam Yankton School District 2410 West City Limits Rd., Yankton 605-665-3998 • www.ysd.k12.us The Mission of the Yankton School District... Optimize student potential for success in a global society. The Yankton School District focuses on the following: • Partnership • Safe Environment • Positive & Supportive Atmosphere • Focuses On The Individual Student • Values Integration • Student Responsibility • Lifelong Learning Yankton, South Dakota – 9