YANKTON  , a See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city and the See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county-seat of Yankton county, See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South Dakota, U.S.A., on the See also:

• LEFT

left See also:

• BANK

bank of the See also:

• MISSOURI

Missouri See also:

• RIVER

river, about 6o m . N.W. of See also:

• SIOUX

Sioux City, See also:

• IOWA

Iowa . Pop . (1900) 4125 (85o See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign-See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born); (1910) 3787 . It is served by the See also:

• CHICAGO
• CHICAGO, UNIVERSITY OF

Chicago, See also:

• MILWAUKEE

Milwaukee & St See also:

• PAUL
• PAUL (PAULUS)

Paul, the See also:

• GREAT

Great See also:

• NORTHERN

Northern, and the Chicago & See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North-Western See also:

• RAILWAYS

railways . The Missouri is navigable at this, point, and the city has a considerable river See also:

• TRAFFIC

traffic . Yankton is the seat of Yankton See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College (founded by Congregationalists in 1881, opened in 1882; now non-sectarian) . The city is built on a nearly level See also:

• PLATEAU (a French term, older platel, for a flat piece of wood, metal, &c., from plat, flat)
• PLATEAU, JOSEPH ANTOINE FERDINAND (1801-1883)

plateau, averaging about 1200 ft. above the See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea-level . It is in a See also:

• RICH, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
• RICH, CLAUDIUS JAMES (1787-1821)
• RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
• RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
• RICH, RICHARD, 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567)

rich See also:

• GRAIN (derived through the French from Lat. granum, seed, from an Aryan root meaning " to wear down," which also appears in the common Teutonic word " corn ")

grain-growing and stock-raising See also:

• DISTRICT

district, has grain-See also:

• ELEVATORS, LIFTS

elevators, and manufactures See also:

• FLOUR

flour, See also:

• BEER

beer and See also:

• CEMENT (from Lat. caementum, rough pieces of stone, a shortened form of caedimentum, from caedere, to cut)

cement . The See also:

• WATER

water See also:

• SUPPLY (through Fr. from Lat. supplere, to fill up)

supply is obtained from artesian See also:

• WELLS
• WELLS, CHARLES JEREMIAH (1798?–1879)
• WELLS, DAVID AMES (1828—1898)
• WELLS, HERBERT GEORGE (1866— )
• WELLS, SIR THOMAS SPENCER, 1ST BART

wells . The first permanent See also:

• SETTLEMENT
• SETTLEMENT, ACT OF

settlement, a trading See also:

• POST

post, was made here in 1858, when a treaty was concluded with the Yankton See also:

• INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN

Indians . This was the first settlement made in the Missouri Valley in Dakota .

Yankton was laid out in 1859, first chartered as a city in x869, rechartered in 1873, and in 1910 adopted a See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government . In 1861—82 Yankton was the See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital of the Territory of Dakota .