While stationed at McPherson Barracks, Atlanta, Georgia, in May of 1869, D. C. Poole received orders from the United States…
Author: Gregory County Historical Society
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
One of the earliest forms of entertainment on the frontier was the medicine show. They were touring acts which traveled…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
When Edith Kohl and her sister, Ida Mary, struggled to “prove up” their claim midway between Fort Pierre and Presho,…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
The Homestead Act of 1862 opened South Dakota to settlement and development by Americans, explicitly allowing women to own their…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
Steamboat service for passengers and freight began working its way up the Missouri in the 1820s, reached the mouth of…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
During the thirty-six years and five months that Fort Randall stood on the west bank of the Missouri River, the…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
During April and May of 1866, thirty-six steamboats passed Yankton, all heavily loaded with equipment and supplies which were needed…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
At the bottom of the Missouri River and in the old channels of that treacherous stream lie cargoes of sunken…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
An examination of the records shows that a large portion of the business of the Missouri River steamboats pertained to…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
For a long time the Missouri River was South Dakota’s main highway. During the 1800s, it was our Interstate 90. …