Buying a new bike is a more reliable way to predict the length of winter than any ground hog. Last few winters I was able to ride in January and February. This one is diffent.
I haven't heard the name. I'll ask around, I know some old guys at the VFW who seem to know such things.
Yankton is the town where Jack McCall was tried and hung for the murder of Wild Bill Hickcock. McCall was found not guilty in Deadwood. Went around bragging about it so he was put on trial...