Prohibition in South Dakota Begins.  On October 4, 1889 The new state of South Dakota's Constitution appeared on the same ballot as statewide Prohibition.  Both items were passed by citizen vote. 39,608 were in favor of Prohibition and 33,456 against. Because the law was unclear as to what was an intoxicating liquor, breweries were allowed to exist.

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Associated Breweries

Schwenk-Barth Brewing Company of Yankton, South Dakota, USA
Eureka Brewing Company of Yankton, South Dakota, USA
Sioux Falls Brewing Company of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA
John Lang of Lead City, South Dakota, USA
Huron Brewing Company of Huron, South Dakota, USA
Black Hills Brewing Company of Central City, South Dakota, USA
Jacob Mickolas Brewery of Athol, South Dakota, USA
Heim & Silkinson Brewery of Gayville, South Dakota, USA
Sidonie Thomas Brewery of Lead City, South Dakota, USA
J. R. Beranet Brewery of Rapid City, South Dakota, USA
Parkhurst & Brown Brewery of Rapid City, South Dakota, USA
Severin & Peters Brewery of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA
Frank Geis Brewery of Spearfish, South Dakota, USA
Weller & Otto Brewery of Sturgis, South Dakota, USA
John Hermann Brewery of Deadwood, South Dakota, USA
John Otterbine of Deadwood, South Dakota, USA
Important Prohibition Dates