Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-01-01
YANk1oh AS II IS.

YANkToN AS IT IS.
In presenting = sketch OF the capital cit.
Of Dakota territory, We cannot hope, in tn
brief space allovsdes by lie sAors column
q a small newspapsr, % give moro than
running condemnation Of leading points
Yankton has acquired most of its growtl
within the past six or seven year,and while
is not yet numbered among the most populou'
cities of the west, it furnishes = good begin
ming for what it is to be by and by. Pos
sssing 1.-THE present date . population .
forty-6ve hundred people, with all branche
Of trade and every profession we'll repre-
sented. it furnishes an example Of what = "a,
west city may become when backed BY
enterprise and industry, which are the lead.
ing characteristics Of it, business men. II
occupies . position almost upon The
edge of civilization position but
few miles removed from the
wilderness peopled only BY the forty
thousand Indians..of the Sioux nation. Yet,
with this host of savages for it's near neigh
bors there are no reminders of their prox-
Unity in the every day life of our people.
The stringent regulations which control the
the wards of the government prevent them
from straying beyond the boundary pre-
scribed as . dividing line between the prem
Uses of the whites and those of the reds, and
the latter are never visible upon the streets
Of our city, except in the rare instances
when they are called here on business. The
proximity of these Indian bands is one Of
the causes Of the growth of our city. From
this point all supplies are shipped by river
steamers to them and To the military who
police the reservation. Thus it happens
that instead Of being an injury, these Indi-
ans are a positive advantage. The country
about Yankton OF all sides is wellsettled BY
an enterprising class Of farmers and the
products o! their toll are yearly adding to
our commercial prosperity. One railroad
comes to US from the east, the Dakota
Southern, and here terminates. That IL Is
a busy ~,h1roughfare of IN the rail-
road statistics givenherewith will show.
The city is extensively laid out, with
wide streets, and stretches from the river
bank across the elevated bench to the bluffs
on the west and north. Its buildings are Of
. superior class and its general appearance
attractive. Almost every branch of trade
is here represented and our business men
are generally In prosperous col
dition. The following is a list of the bust.
ness houses here established Dry goods
stores, 6; clothing stores, Z boots and shoes,
8; hardware, =; groceries, II Two exclu-
sively wholesale); fruit and confectionery.
S; restaurant., 3; harness and saddles, 5;
drugs. 4: books, 2; meat markets, 9; auc
ton and commission, l; bakeries, 2; bar.
Der shops, 4; livery stables, 4 breweries, 2;
saloons, So; millinery, 3; furniture, 81
cigar stores, 2; cigar mandatory, l whole.
sale liquor, 2; jewellers, 4; crockery, l;
newspapers. daily and weekly l, weekly 2
one of which is German; book bindery, l
foundry, L; machine shops. 2; Touring
mills. Q; banks .; lumber yards, 3; cosl
yards, 1; wood yards, 2; -four and feed
stores. s; agricultural implement establish.
ments, 8; steam elevators. 3; b%ottling works,
S. The business establishments above emu
mcrated are chiefly merchantile, not much
having yet been accomplished 10 the dire.
tion of
MANUFACTURING,
though there is no better field than this In
oil the west for the employment Of
capital in this speciality. .Thous.
snds Of wagons and thousands Of aericul-
tural Implements are annually sold to far.
mers and freighters and during the past
two years it has been impossible 10 supply
the demand tor these articles. Manuiactur.
ing 10 this line, with plenty Of cspital to
back it in it's earliest stages. would prove
immensely profitable when once the .busi-
ness became established. As it is the
manufacturing industry is mainly repre-
sented by a machine shop and foundry
owned by Campbell Brother, which
is largely employed on steamboat
work; . machine shop devoted. almost
exclusively to railroad work; - steam -four
ing mill, operated by the Excelsior Mill
Company, which has in the last year con-
sumed 100000 bushels Of wheat and manu-
featured 10000 barrels Of flour two brew
cries owned and operated by c, F. Ross.
teucher and nv John Ecerafef which hsaa