Yankton, South Dakota Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==Notable people== [[File:Capt. Grant Marsh Statue, Riverside Park, Douglas Ave. & Levee St.,Yankton, South Dakota.jpg|thumb|Statue of steamboat captain [[Grant Marsh]] in Riverside Park, Yankton, South Dakota.]] [[File:Capt. Grant Marsh home, 513 Douglas St. (near 6th St.), Yankton, South Dakota.jpg|thumb|Home and barn of [[Grant Marsh]], 513 Douglas St., Yankton, South Dakota. Marsh was the most famous steamboat captain on the Missouri River.]] * [[Lyle Alzado]], [[NFL]] player, played college football at Yankton College * General [[William H. H. Beadle]], born in [[Parke County, Indiana]], Surveyor General of Dakota Territory and educator; his statue is in Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aoc.gov/capitol-hill/national-statuary-hall-collection/william-henry-harrison-beadle|title=William Henry Harrison Beadle|work=Architect of the Capitol β United States Capitol|access-date=February 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160128093210/http://www.aoc.gov/capitol-hill/national-statuary-hall-collection/william-henry-harrison-beadle|archive-date=January 28, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> * [[Tom Brokaw]], former [[NBC]] anchorman and native of [[Pickstown, South Dakota]], graduated from Yankton High School * [[Abner S. Flagg]], Wisconsin State Assemblyman<ref>'Wisconsin Blue Book 1897,' Biographical Sketch of Abner S. Flagg, pg. 693β694</ref> * [[Ralph A. Gamble]], former US Congressman * [[John Chandler "Chan" Gurney]], served as United States Senator from South Dakota 1939 - 1951 * [[Colton Iverson]], basketball player, [[Colorado State University]], NBA [[Boston Celtics]] * [[William Jayne|William A. Jayne]], born in [[Springfield, Illinois]], first governor of Dakota Territory, 1861β1863; territorial delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives, 1863β1864. * [[Dave Koehler]], Illinois State Senator * [[Grant Marsh]], record-setting steamboat captain. His statue is in Riverside Park in Yankton. * [[Maury Nipp]], NFL player * [[Layne Somsen]], baseball pitcher, [[South Dakota State University]], MLB [[Cincinnati Reds]] * [[Wynn Speece]], WNAX radio personality (Neighbor Lady) * [[Adam Vinatieri]], [[NFL]] placekicker and free agent, was born in Yankton * [[Joseph Ward (1838β1889)|Joseph Ward]], born in [[Perry Center, New York]], educator and founder of Yankton College * [[Robert H. Warren]], fourth superintendent of the [[United States Air Force Academy]] * [[Lawrence Welk]], bandleader and native of [[Strasburg, North Dakota]], resided in Yankton while he served as the WNAX AM radio bandleader * [[Stephanie Winslow]], singer * Chief ''Pa-le-ne-a-pa-pe ''("[[Struck by the Ree]]" or "Strikes the Ree"), Yankton Sioux (Western Dakota) Tribe, signatory of [[Yankton Treaty]] of 1858 opening up eastern South Dakota for U.S. expansion{{sfnp|Karolevitz|1972|pp=2β4}} Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page