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Designated capital of the Dakota Territory in 1861, Yankton hosted the first meeting of the territorial legislature. The upper house met in William Tripp's house, and the lower house in the Episcopal chapel. The Yankton Daily Press and Dakotan, the state's oldest daily newspaper, reported the Black Hills gold rush and Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer's defeat; it is still published today.

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