Editing Yankton, South Dakota (section)

==Notable people==
[[File:Capt. Grant Marsh Statue, Riverside Park, Douglas Ave. & Levee St.,Yankton, South Dakota.jpg|thumb|Statue of steamboat captain [[Grant Marsh]] in Riverside Park, Yankton, South Dakota.]]
[[File:Capt. Grant Marsh home, 513 Douglas St. (near 6th St.), Yankton, South Dakota.jpg|thumb|Home and barn of [[Grant Marsh]], 513 Douglas St., Yankton, South Dakota. Marsh was the most famous steamboat captain on the Missouri River.]]
* [[Lyle Alzado]], [[NFL]] player, played college football at Yankton College
* General [[William H. H. Beadle]], born in [[Parke County, Indiana]], Surveyor General of Dakota Territory and educator; his statue is in Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aoc.gov/capitol-hill/national-statuary-hall-collection/william-henry-harrison-beadle|title=William Henry Harrison Beadle|work=Architect of the Capitol – United States Capitol|access-date=February 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160128093210/http://www.aoc.gov/capitol-hill/national-statuary-hall-collection/william-henry-harrison-beadle|archive-date=January 28, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Ted Blakey]], American businessman, activist, and historian<ref name="edman2005">{{cite journal |last1=Edman |first1=Patricia A. |title=Dakota Images: Theodore R. ("Ted") Blakey |journal=South Dakota History |date=2005 |volume=34 |number=4 |page=384 |url=https://www.sdhspress.com/journal/south-dakota-history-34-4/dakota-images-theodore-r-ateda-blakey/vol-34-no-4-dakota-images-theodore-r-ted-blakey.pdf |access-date=November 25, 2024 |publisher=South Dakota State Historical Society Press}}</ref>
* [[Tom Brokaw]], former [[NBC]] anchorman and native of [[Pickstown, South Dakota]], graduated from Yankton High School
* [[Abner S. Flagg]], Wisconsin State Assemblyman<ref>'Wisconsin Blue Book 1897,' Biographical Sketch of Abner S. Flagg, pg. 693–694</ref>
* [[Ralph A. Gamble]], former US Congressman
* [[John Chandler "Chan" Gurney]], served as United States Senator from South Dakota 1939 - 1951
* [[Colton Iverson]], basketball player, [[Colorado State University]], NBA [[Boston Celtics]]
* [[William Jayne|William A. Jayne]], born in [[Springfield, Illinois]], first governor of Dakota Territory, 1861–1863; territorial delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives, 1863–1864.
* [[Dave Koehler]], Illinois State Senator
* [[Grant Marsh]], record-setting steamboat captain. His statue is in Riverside Park in Yankton.
* [[Maury Nipp]], NFL player
* [[Layne Somsen]], baseball pitcher, [[South Dakota State University]], MLB [[Cincinnati Reds]] 
* [[Wynn Speece]], WNAX radio personality (Neighbor Lady)
* [[Adam Vinatieri]], [[NFL]] placekicker and free agent, was born in Yankton
* [[Joseph Ward (1838–1889)|Joseph Ward]], born in [[Perry Center, New York]], educator and founder of Yankton College
* [[Robert H. Warren]], fourth superintendent of the [[United States Air Force Academy]]
* [[Lawrence Welk]], bandleader and native of [[Strasburg, North Dakota]], resided in Yankton while he served as the [[WNAX (AM)]] radio bandleader
* [[Stephanie Winslow]], singer
* Chief ''Pa-le-ne-a-pa-pe ''("[[Struck by the Ree]]" or "Strikes the Ree"), Yankton Sioux (Western Dakota) Tribe, signatory of [[Yankton Treaty]] of 1858 opening up eastern South Dakota for U.S. expansion{{sfnp|Karolevitz|1972|pp=2–4}}