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West Wall / Yankton Stockade

Yankton, South Dakota
Historical Marker Database · Roger Dean Meyer
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During the Indian war outbreak of August 1862, fears that the violence would spread into Dakota led settlers near Yankton to build a strong point in September under Capt. F. M. Ziebach. Its west wall, made of posts with boards on either side and earth packed between them, was 450 feet long and stood about 150 feet east of this site.
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Yankton, South Dakota · United States

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