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A Note from Cottonwood Corners

“COUNTY VOTES ON OLD LAW — Old Measures Submitted in Gregory County and No One Knows the Difference” was the…

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A Note from Cottonwood Corners

The earliest days of the cattle industry and open range in this country has produced a unique individual whose characteristics…

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A Note from Cottonwood Corners

In March of 2020, the South Dakota Legislature passed Senate Bill 55 which required the Board of Regents to assemble…

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A Note from Cottonwood Corners

Because of the debt which the State of South Dakota had and the possibility of only limited funds in the…

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A Note from Cottonwood Corners

In setting the scene for a Western movie, the camera from a distance shows a dusty street in front of…

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A Note from Cottonwood Corners

In 1892, one-hundred and three years after George Washington had placed his hand on the Bible in New York’s Federal…

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The Bandits Bennie and Stella Dickson

The young couple was at the bank to make a withdrawal. Of other people’s money. At gunpoint. As reported in…

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A Note from Cottonwood Corners

At one time, students sitting in geography class were taught that all the land west of the Missouri River and…

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A Note from Cottonwood Corners

Sometime in the early 1880’s, a small band of rustlers who stole both cattle and horses west of the Missouri…

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A Note from Cottonwood Corners

Edward L. Senn, editor of the Pioneer, a weekly newspaper published in Iona since early 1901 had been denouncing the…

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