Yankton, South Dakota

==Culture==
[[File:Yankton Human Services Center 1.JPG|thumb|upright=1.2|The abandoned Mead Building on the South Dakota [[Human Services Center]] campus in Yankton has been identified as the future site of the [[Dakota Territorial Museum]].]]
[[Mount Marty University]] offers several cultural assets and venues in Yankton, including the Bede Art Gallery, which showcases artwork from regional and Native American artists, as well as Marian Auditorium, which hosts performing and fine art events.  The college is also home to Great Plains Writers' Tour, which brings award-winning professional writers to campus for readings and class workshops.  Previous authors include former United States poet laureate [[Ted Kooser]], American Book Award winner [[Maria Mazziotti Gillan]], [[Elizabeth Cook-Lynn]], [[David Lee (poet)|David Lee]], and [[William Kloefkorn]], among others.<ref>{{cite web |title=Great Plains Writers' Tour |website=mtmc.edu |publisher=[[Mount Marty College]] |url=http://www.mtmc.edu/arts/gpwt.aspx |access-date=October 22, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150127190605/http://www.mtmc.edu/arts/gpwt.aspx |archive-date=January 27, 2015}}</ref>

Yankton is also home to the [[Dakota Territorial Museum]], which is housed in the newly restored Mead Cultural Education Building on the campus of the Human Services Center in north Yankton.  The collection contains information and artifacts about the heritage and development of the City of Yankton and the surrounding area.  The museum's collection includes artifacts of Dakota Territory, Native American inhabitants, and early pioneers. The museum complex also contains several outbuildings, such as a restored rural school house and the Great Northern Railway Depot which will be moved to the new location at 82 Mickelson Drive in the latter part of 2019.  The museum also displays a retired Burlington Northern Railway caboose.<ref>[[Dakota Territorial Museum]] website</ref>

Yankton's Riverboat Days is an annual celebration held in the third full weekend in August. The primarily free event attracts 135,000 people and hosts over 150 artists and over 50 food vendors at Riverside Park. Other activities include a rodeo, parade, golf tournament, and snowmobile grass drag race.<ref>{{Cite web|title=About South Dakota Magazine |website=South Dakota Magazine |url=https://www.southdakotamagazine.com/about |access-date=July 19, 2019 |url-status=live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190502010609/https://www.southdakotamagazine.com/about|archive-date=May 2, 2019}}</ref>