“West Wall Yankton Stockade”
312
1960
Yankton
(Note: any text in italics has been taken from the official SDSHS records.)
Marker Text
West Wall, Yankton Stockade
Indian war of Outbreak, August 1862 threatened to spread into Dakota and a ‘strong point’ for all settlers near Yankton was built in September under Capt. F.M. Ziebach. The west wall, of posts with boards on either side and earth packed between, 450 feet long was about 150 feet east of this marker, of 3rd Street and Finn.
Location
Yankton County, between Broadway and Cedar on 4th Street in Yankton