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    Plankinton is a city in and the county seat of Aurora County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 781 at the 2020 census. Plankinton sprang...
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    Chicken Ranch is adjacent to another legal brothel, Sheri's Ranch. Walter Plankinton opened the Nevada Chicken Ranch in 1976, as close to Las Vegas as legally...
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    John Plankinton (March 11, 1820 – March 29, 1891) was an American businessman. He is noted for expansive real estate developments in Milwaukee, including...
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    The Elizabeth Plankinton House was a stone structure in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, intended to be the residence for Elizabeth Plankinton. Built between...
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    encompasses the former Plankinton Arcade with many of its original features still intact including the statue of John Plankinton in the center of the circular...
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    William Plankinton Mansion (also known as the William Plankinton House) was built in 1876 by the millionaire meatpacking entrepreneur John Plankinton and...
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    Armour joined with John Plankinton (the founder of the Layton and Plankinton Packing Company in 1852) to establish Plankinton, Armour and Company. Together...
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    William Plankinton (November 7, 1843 – April 29, 1905) was an American businessman, manufacturer, and industrialist. He followed in his father's footsteps...
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    Anne Plankinton (July 27, 1853 – 1923) was an American philanthropist in the early 20th century, the daughter of Milwaukee businessman John Plankinton. She...
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    The John Plankinton statue is a six foot (1.8 m) lifelike representation of the businessman and industrialist. It took the sculptor Richard Henry Park...
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    A Hop streetcar on St. Paul Avenue at Plankinton Avenue...
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    by the wealthy of the nineteenth century. He did a marble bust of John Plankinton, an astute businessman who founded the meat industry in Wisconsin and...
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    Dakota Highway 44, then continues north. US 281 and I-90 intersect at Plankinton. On both sides of Wolsey, US 14 is cosigned with US 281 for a stretch...
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    1873. The three county commissioners met on August 29, 1881, and named Plankinton the county seat, an act which was ratified by voters in November 1882...
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    TJ Maxx in the Plankinton Arcade in Milwaukee...
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    and two employees barely survived. Plankinton reopened with a new set of trailers five days later. In 1982, Plankinton sold the Chicken Ranch for $1,000...
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    Johnson received a patent for the device and interested William Plankinton, heir to the Plankinton Packing Company, to provide financial backing to manufacture...
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    Public Market Preceding station The Hop Following station St. Paul at Plankinton toward Intermodal Station M-Line Wisconsin Avenue One-way operation Between...
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    enters the city of Plankinton almost immediately and continues north. The highway turns east onto Davenport Street in Plankinton and a curve takes the...
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    partnered with John Plankinton in the meatpacking industry, creating the company Plankinton, Armour & Company. Philip helped Plankinton start up "a new plant...
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  • as a Republican member of the South Dakota Senate. Gjesdal was born in Plankinton, South Dakota. He attended Mount Vernon High School. In 1961, Gjesdal...
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    dropped out of school at age 14 and found a job working at Layton and Plankinton, Milwaukee, an area meat packing plant. He worked his way up the ranks...
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    90 Business was a 2.6 miles (4.2 km) business loop of Interstate 90 in Plankinton. It ran from a diamond interchange at exit 308 north along Aurora CR 35...
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  • Faulkton † 823 826 −0.36% Faulk 77 Scotland 784 785 −0.13% Bon Homme 78 Plankinton † 782 781 +0.13% Aurora 79 Alcester 781 820 −4.76% Union 80 Elkton 776...
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    1887–1891; a Corn Palace in Gregory, South Dakota; a Grain Palace in Plankinton, South Dakota; and a Bluegrass Palace in Creston, Iowa. From 1887 to 1930...
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    October 1907, in Milwaukee, by F.P. Cook, Adolph N. Miller and William W. Plankinton. In 1908, the company leased a new factory in North Milwaukee. The company's...
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    new company. Johnson and a group of Milwaukee investors led by William Plankinton incorporated the Johnson Electric Service Company in 1885 to manufacture...
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  • satellite, KDLV-TV (channel 5) in Mitchell, whose tower is located in Plankinton. KDLV is a straight simulcast of KDLT; its existence is only acknowledged...
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    at the Plankinton and Armour meat packing plant in the Menomonee Valley, becoming the superintendent in 1874. In 1888, the owner, John Plankinton, transferred...
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    Sweep Hotel, also known as Van Dyke Hotel, is a building located in Plankinton, South Dakota. It was constructed c. 1900 and added to the National Register...
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