The North Alabama, a steamboat on the Missouri in the 1860s and 1870, hit a snag in the river near…
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A Note from Cottonwood Corners
In frontier days on the Northern Plains, a wedding was almost always followed by a shivaree, and the custom was…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
A law was enacted by the Legislature of 1870 – 71, designating the penitentiary at Fort Madison, Iowa, as the…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
The two Bijou Hills adjacent to the Missouri River in south-central South Dakota were prominent landmarks for all voyagers who…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
At the beginning of the nineteenth century, Congress had no regard for the Missouri River as a channel of commerce. …
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
In 1832, Joseph La Barge, then only seventeen years old, was working on steamboats on the Mississippi River and was…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
In 1875, the Black Hills had not been lawfully opened. The army guarded the reservation, and during 1875 arrested and…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
A list of the names of the post offices established in Dakota Territory up to the close of 1874 indicates…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
In the development of Dakota Territory, the ox was an important and indispensable element. With the patience and fortitude only…