The Anne Hathaway Cottage at Wessington Springs, South Dakota is the only structure in the Midwest US that features a thatched roof. The cottage is styled after the original Anne Hathaway home in England.
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The U.S.S. South Dakota was the most decorated battleship during World War II.
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Jack McCall was tried, convicted and hanged two miles north of Yankton, South Dakota in 1877 for the shooting of Wild Bill Hickok. He is buried in an unmarked grave in the Yankton cemetery.