An examination of the records shows that a large portion of the business of the Missouri River steamboats pertained to…
Author: Gregory County Historical Society (page 7)
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. …
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
The Kate Swinney was the first steamboat to be wrecked in the Missouri River within the borders of South Dakota. …
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
In his report to the Missouri River Commission for the fiscal year ending on June 30, 1897, Captain Hiram Chittenden…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
The swift and turbulent character of the unruly Missouri River led to numerous accounts by early explorers of the difficulty…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
We do not know when the first white man entered the Missouri River, but it is probably between 1700 and…
History’s Attic
This week in History’s Attic The Buttes or what some call the “Pikes Peak of Gregory County.” It seems a…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
From July 19 to November 3 of 1950, a survey and excavation program (Archeological Reconnaissance of Historic Sites) was conducted…
History’s Attic
This week in History’s Attic The TeePee Cafe in Bonesteel SD. Built when Highway 18 was routed around Bonesteel due…