Yankton, South Dakota

===Dakota territorial capital===
[[File:Dakota Territory Capitol Replica Yankton.JPG|thumb|A modern replica of the Dakota Territorial Capitol building stands in Yankton's Riverside Park.]]
With two days left in his term, President [[James Buchanan]] signed a law on March 2, 1861, creating the [[Dakota Territory]]. Yankton was designated as the territorial capital, and newly inaugurated President [[Abraham Lincoln]] appointed his personal physician, [[William Jayne|William A. Jayne]] of Springfield, Illinois, as the first territorial governor.<ref>Milton, John R. (1988) – South Dakota: A History – W.W. Norton and Company, New York, N.Y. – pp. 71</ref>  The territorial capitol building, a plain, two-story wooden structure, was located at the intersection of Fourth and Capitol Streets;<ref>{{cite book |last=Karolevitz |first=Robert F. |year=1972 |title=Yankton: A Pioneer Past |publisher=North Plains Press |place=Aberdeen, SD |pages=40–41}}. U.S. Library of Congress Number 72-88949</ref> the original structure has been demolished, but a replica of the building has been constructed in Yankton's Riverside Park. Yankton served as the territorial capital until 1883 when the capital was moved to [[Bismarck, North Dakota|Bismarck]] (now the capital of North Dakota).<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=http://time.com/4377423/dakota-north-south-history-two/|title=Now You Know: Why Are There Two Dakotas?|last=Fabry|first=Merrill|date=July 14, 2016|magazine=Time|access-date=February 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190124062549/http://time.com/4377423/dakota-north-south-history-two/|archive-date=January 24, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>