The list of post offices established in Dakota Territory up to the close of 1874 indicates the progress of white…
Author: Gregory County Historical Society (page 3)
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
The Hamilton settlement was the next point where a small colony of white settlers made a settlement on Platte Creek,…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
Charles Mix County was first settled on November 4, 1794 when Jean Batiste Trudeau built the first white man’s house…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
There were few towns and post offices in Dakota Territory in 1870. The number had made but a slight increase…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
In 1859 the question of securing a political organization for the Territory of Dakota was uppermost in the minds of…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
In the last half of the 1800’s, Governor Jayne appointed the following agents to take a census of the territory…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
While Yankton was the first point occupied by a permanent settlement of whites on the Missouri slope in Dakota, the…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
There were few towns and post offices in the Dakota Territory in 1870. The number had made a small increase…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
Through the 1870s Tackett Station appeared on several maps as a municipality called “Chouteau Creek”. In 1894, “Chouteau Creek Station”…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
One of the first areas in Dakota to be settled was the area along the northern edge of the Missouri…