“First Building at Yankton Site May 1858”
308
1960
Yankton
(Note: any text in italics has been taken from the official SDSHS records.)
Marker Text
C.J. Holman, for a Sioux City group, rivals of Frost, Todd & Co.'s Upper Missouri Land Company came in March 1858, was run off by threatening Indians but returned in May and built cabin, after fracas with F.T. & Co. employees and lived there till September when Major Lovell,
U.S.A ousted him again. Cabin near this marker.
Location
Yankton County, at Yankton bridge at base at Pine Street