About 1915, the exact location of the Loisel Trading Post which operated along the Missouri River in the vicinity of…
Author: Gregory County Historical Society (page 8)
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
The two states of Dakota were once part of the vast Dakotaland which extended from the Mississippi to the Missouri…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
For about the last six months, I have been making an extensive search of maps, documents, diaries, books, and letters…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
One of the major factors influencing the growth and development of South Dakota socially and economically was the opportunity to…
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This week in History’s Attic When Ford Ranchero’s could float. Everyone has a favorite Aunt or Uncle, and us Papousek…
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Even before statehood, the Missouri River divided the State of South Dakota and her people into two distinct regions, East…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
The first highways into the prairie grasslands of what would later become South Dakota were the rivers used by the…
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This week in History’s Attic The time greed moved a street in Gregory. The time was 1904, and Gregory was…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
The military post, Fort Randall, stood along the west bank of the Missouri River in southeastern Gregory County for thirty-six…
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This week in History’s Attic Building a new town. From 1946 to 1949, the Corps Omaha District built Pickstown on…