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Sites & Attractions Army of the Republic (GAR) built the hall in 1887 as the Phil Kearney Post No. 7, a meeting place for Union veterans and their auxiliary. Call for more information, gallery exhibits, special events and rentals. Open Monday - Friday 1-5 p.m. and Saturday 1-3 p.m. Admission is free. The gallery is handicap accessible. Gavins Point Dam Free Four miles West on Highway 52 (402) 667-2546 www.nwo.usace.army.mil/gavinspoint Gavins Point Dam, located on the Missouri River, was completed in 1957 as part of the Pick-Sloan Plan. The dam and power plant are operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Tour the power plant and learn how it operates. See the generators in action! Open Memorial Day through Labor Day, Monday – Friday 8-4 p.m. Tours available to civic and school groups off season by appointment. No purses, bags, cameras, cell phones, food or drink allowed in the power plant. IDs are required for those 17 and older. Gavins Point National Fish Hatchery Free & Aquarium 31227 436th Avenue (3 miles West on Hwy. 52) • (605) 665-3352 www.fws.gov/mountain-prairie/fisheries/ gavinspoint.php Built in 1960 on the Missouri River, the hatchery has produced over five billion fish for release in Midwestern waters. In the cool, softly lit surrounds of the aquarium, visitors become part of the aquatic environment as fish and turtles swim within 13 tanks. Exhibits, displays and aquatic animals located in the aquarium building explain Yankton, South Dakota – 17