North Sioux City, South Dakota

North Sioux City is a city in Union County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 2,530 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Sioux City, IA-NE-SD Metropolitan Statistical Area.

History

The southern tip of this land between the Missouri River from the west and south and the Big Sioux River from the north and east was a meeting place for Native American Indians traveling the two rivers. Area tribes current to the 1804 Lewis and Clark expedition were the Omaha, Yankton Dakota and Ponca, all Siouan language speakers.

French-Canadian farmer Joseph La Plant, born ca. 1823 in Indiana, settled at Sioux Point in 1849 and is listed with other early settlers in the 1860 census as living "Between Big Sioux and Big Stone Lake" in the "Unorganized" area of Minnesota, with the closest post office located immediately down and across the rivers in Sioux City, Iowa.

North Sioux City was incorporated in 1951.

Geography

North Sioux City is located at 42°31′52″N 96°29′44″W / 42.53111°N 96.49556°W / 42.53111; -96.49556 (42.530999, -96.495494), bounded on the east by the Big Sioux River and on the west by the oxbow McCook Lake.

Sioux City, Iowa

Sioux City (/ˌsuːˈsɪti/) is a city in Woodbury and Plymouth counties in the western part of the State of Iowa. The population was 82,684 in the 2010 census, which makes it the fourth largest city in Iowa. The bulk of the city is in Woodbury County, of which it is the county seat, though a small portion is in Plymouth County.

Sioux City is the primary city of the five-county Sioux City, IA–NE–SD Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), with a population of 168,825 in 2010 and a slight increase to an estimated 168,921 in 2012. The Sioux City–Vermillion, IA–NE–SD Combined Statistical Area had a population of 182,675 as of 2010 and has grown to an estimated population of 183,052 as of 2012.

Sioux City is at the navigational head of the Missouri River, about 95 miles north of the Omaha–Council Bluffs metropolitan area. Sioux City and the surrounding areas of northwestern Iowa, northeastern Nebraska and southeastern South Dakota are sometimes referred to as Siouxland, especially by the local media.

Sioux City (film)

Sioux City is a 1994 mystery / crime film directed by and starring Lou Diamond Phillips, Gary Farmer as Russell White, Tantoo Cardinal as Dawn Rainfeather, and future Touched by an Angel star John Dye as Colin Adams.

It was shot in Santa Clarita, California.

Plot

A young Lakota Sioux (Lou Diamond Phillips) is adopted by a wealthy Jewish couple. When he ages he gets in touch with his cultural roots following the death of his mother.

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Sioux City (soft drink)

Sioux City is a line of soft drinks manufactured and marketed by White Rock Beverages. Introduced in 1987, the product is generally sold in embossed glass bottles, although it is also available in cans.

Sioux City "saloon style" soft drinks are available in a variety of flavors, including:

Cultural references

"Sioux City Sarsaparilla" is the name of a song played by Children of Bodom's Alexi Laiho from the Finnish Guitar Heroes compilation album.

In the film The Big Lebowski, the character of the Stranger (Sam Elliott) asks a bartender, "D'you got a good sarsaparilla?" to which the bartender replies, "Sioux City Sarsaparilla." The Stranger then says, "Yeah, that's a good one."

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