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In 1858, most of the Yankton Sioux were pushed west of the Missouri River, opening their former homeland to Euro-American settlement. Although the Civil War slowed settlement in the region, Euro-American settlers began streaming into the area after the war. Much of this immigration came from Scandinavian countries, and families such as the Lommen and Risty families from Norway and the Johnson family from Sweden homesteaded here and across the river.
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