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in 1872 and 1892, and in 1878 the
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Bartlett Tripp. Tripp Park in Yankton was sold to the city for $ 1 by Tripp's estate; Tripp had intended to give the land to the city, but had not completed the transaction in his lifetime.
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which settled disputes between those countries over the area. Tripp later published a book on his experiences there (
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683:"Park Avenue Tunnel Collision"
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