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Fort Pierre Buildings B. Fort Pierre National Bank

119 N. Deadwood

Hop Scotch Bar
A. 118 N. Deadwood Street

This building was built in 1912 of Fort Pierre brick. The second
floor was constructed as a Masonic Temple and was used for that
In 1903, the Hamm’s Brewing Company built the historic R. L. purpose and for wedding receptions until the 1970s. The upper
Yokum Buffalo Saloon. Robert L. Yokum operated a restaurant in floor is now occupied by Hosanna Dance LLC; the Dakota
the basement and offered respectable rooms for rent on the 2nd Emporium is on the first floor.
floor. When Prohibition forced the saloon to close in 1917, the
building housed a movie theater and then a grocery store. In
1937, the saloon reopened and was named the Hopscotch Bar in
a local contest.

The Hopscotch was considered a respectable night club until it
became a strip joint in the 1960s.

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