In the last half of the 1800’s, Governor Jayne appointed the following agents to take a census of the territory…
Author: Gregory County Historical Society (page 3)
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…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
The section through North and South Dakota is the youngest valley of any of the large streams of the world,…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
The entire view of the Spotted Tail camp near the White River was a pleasant scene of primitive life on…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
While he was visiting the Whetstone Agency, Spotted Tail was approached on the important subject of settling down and cultivating…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
Those Native Americans living at or near the Whetstone Agency in the winter of 1870 learned from the whites that…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
Back in the mid 1860s, some of those living on the remote frontier became bolder in the nefarious trade of…