Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-03-17
Twentx.Eour Years Ago.

ana history point to as one OF her grand.
est benefactors. 1t is also the anniver-
sary of the converting of Dakota's first
legislative assembly. The nth of March,
1862 occurred on Monday. 1t was not
an unpleasant day-not unlike the pres.
ent one. Yankton was three hundred
miles from the nearest railroad station
and contained six or eight
frame buildings and q less number
of log structures. The frame buildings
with two exceptions had been construct.
ed the winter preceding and were desti-
tute of plaster. The legislative assem-
bly, which convened at noon was COM
posed Of nine members of the council
and thirteen members of the house. The
council chamber was located in Mrs.
Trips house, corner Fourth and Broad
way. The house assembled in the late
residence of Rev. DR.. Hoyt, corner
Linn and Fourth. The governors office
was In q long, low frame structure on
the levee-near Peanuckle's present
quarters, while the secretary had q lit.
tie den on the ground now occupied by
Max's store. The session of the Ieclsla-
ture which was held during the succeed
ing sixty days was ut times o very
stormy one-and the weather was FREE
quently boisterous and bllzzardy, ac-
companied with snow storms which have
never since been surpassed for eeverity
or quantity. The members of that first
Legislature were
COUNCIL.
w. W. Brookings.
Austin Cole.
Henry D. Belts.
Jacob Denel.
Enos Stutsman.
ID. 1. Bramble.
John @. Shober.
j. Shaw Gregory.
George NJ. Pinney.
NJ. K. Armstrong.
John Stanage.
Bly, q. Wood.
Jacob A. jacobson.
John Mcbride.
Ruben Wallace.
. Hugh Donaldson.
John Tiernsn.
Geo. P. Waldron.
Christopher Maloney.
Lyman Burgess.
A. w. Puett.
A very few of these numes have since
been connected with all the prominent
political events of Dakota. Judge
Brookings has maintained his position
best of all. Stutsman remained in tbs
front rank to the close Of his life. Arm
strong spent four years in congress as
our delegate and then removed to
Minnesota. Bramble has been away
from the territory for several years, un-
til last summer, when Grover Cleve-
and sent him up to Watertown as a
land officer. John Stanage IS one of
the Oldest and most respectable
farmers OF Yankton county
to-day and he alone re-
mains here OF Yankton's first represent
~tstives, who were .Stutsman, Bramble,
Armstrong and Stanage, Of the other
members Austin Cole removed years ago
to Kansas; Boyle to Iowa, where he be-
came a temperance leader; Belts to New
Jersey, where he dropped out of sight;
Denel to Nebraska. Shober to Montana,
Stutsman and Gregory are dead.
Pinney has made his mage a house
hold word. He killed q man in Mon
tana--then became a prominent specu-
lator In San francisco, made millions,
got entangled in some serious difficulty,
escaped by sea to some foreign part,
was subsequently, captured, returned,
tried, acquitted, aud the last heard from
was getting even with his enemies.
Armstrong is running a bank IN st.
James, Minnesota; Wood is in Spring
field; Mcbride either dead or in Union
county; Wallace left years ago; Donald
son is a rich man in Winnepeg; Herman
is an officer in the regular army; Wal
dron is at Fort Pierre; Chris Maloney
is at Sioux Point; Burgess is at Yer
million; Puett in Indiana and Jacobson
was killed by Indians on the bank of
the Jim near the present bridge in the
spring of 1863. Yankton has changed
since then but its growth has not been
as rapid ae was then expected. It's early
| years were very discouraging; but it
| has done moderately well and is now on
the high road TO a point of Importance.
Among its present population who
looked upon the few scattered buildings
of 1882, are Judge and Mrs. Presho;
Maj. F. j. Dewitt; Gov. Newton Ed
munds; Maj. J. r. Hanson; Chas. F.
R~ossteuscher; T. M. Ziebach; Chas.
Long; Henry Bradley; A. M. English
aud wife; G. W. Kingsbury;W VIM. Miner;
VIM. Werdebaugh; Rev. III. Hoyt; Mrs
l.. M. Purdy; Mira. Charley Bates and
Lon and Will Stone.
Smoke Baxter's Lucky Star 3 cent
cigar.
Ludlow's fine Shoes just open
ed at MAX'S.