Yankton College was a small liberal arts college in Yankton, South Dakota, affiliated with the Congregational Christian Churches (later the United Church of Christ). The term liberal arts refers to a particular type of educational Curriculum broadly defined as a Classical education. Yankton is a city in Yankton County, South Dakota, United States. South Dakota ( is a state located in the Midwestern region of the United States of America. The Congregational Christian Churches were a Protestant Christian denomination that operated in the U The United Church of Christ ( UCC) is a mainline Protestant Christian denomination principally in the United States,
Founded in 1881, it was the first institution of higher learning in the Dakota Territory. Year 1881 ( MDCCCLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Dakota Territory was the name of an organized territory of the United States that existed from 1861 to 1889 The man primarily responsible for the college's establishment was Joseph Ward, a local pastor and educator who is one of the two South Dakotans represented in Statuary Hall. National Statuary Hall is a chamber in the United States Capitol devoted to Sculptures of prominent Americans.
It is probably best known today as the college which NFL football player Lyle Alzado attended. The National Football League ( NFL) is the largest professional American football league. American football, known in the United States and Canada simply as football, is a competitive Team sport known for mixing strategy with Lyle Martin Alzado ( April 3, 1949 – May 14, 1992) was a NFL American football player most famous for his intense and The college's athletic teams were known as the Greyhounds. The football stadium (Crane Youngworth Field) is now used as the home field for the Yankton High School football teams.
Yankton College closed in December 1984, and its campus became the site of a federal prison, which opened four years later. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) A prison, penitentiary, or correctional facility is a place in which individuals are physically confined or interned and usually deprived of a range of
The University of South Dakota - Springfield, a public university in the same state also originally established in 1881, also closed in 1984, and its campus became the site of a state prison. The University of South Dakota at Springfield was a state supported university in Springfield, South Dakota that was founded in 1881 and closed in 1984
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