Yankton (population 14,325) is in the southeastern corner of South Dakota. It is home to the Yankton Treaty of 1858, which stated that the Native Americans would sell 14 million acres, between the Big Sioux and the Missouri River, for 12 cents per acre. This city, lying on the banks of the Missouri River, claims to be the Mother City of South Dakota and its heritage includes steamboat captains and railroad tycoons.
General Custer stopped here, then took nearly 20 years to settle his debts with the merchants. It was named for the Yankton Sioux tribe that once ruled the area. Now it is a college town, supporting Yankton College. This old-fashioned town boasts Fourth of July parades. The Charles Gurney Hotel is the site of the trial of Jack McCall for the murder of Wild Bill Hickok. The Carnegie Library was built in 1902 and is in its original condition. The Crime-Kenyon Heritage House has a beautiful garden and furnishings from the 1870s. The African Methodist Episcopal Church was built by slaves and is the oldest African- American church in the Dakotas.
The Excelsior Mill houses the Gurney Seed and Nursery and has been in business since 1894.
There is a small regional airport just west of Yankton and buses service nearby Sioux Falls.
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