The Missouri River was always commercially the most important waterway in the area. Steamers never ventured on any other South…
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A Note from Cottonwood Corners
Next Sunday will be Independence Day, the Fourth of July which is the day that we celebrate the “birthday” of…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
The Missouri River was a major route of transcontinental travel as explorers, mountain men, trappers, and adventurers wondered what was…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
South Dakota has the distinction of being the first state in the Nation to provide for the popular Initiative and…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
It was one hundred and ninety-eight years ago last Wednesday that the first act of Christian worship was recorded in…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
With the construction of the six Corp of Engineers dams on the upper Missouri River, there were what some referred…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
It was about four o’clock in the afternoon of May 14, 1804 when nearly four dozen carefully selected young men,…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
Thomas Jefferson sent a secret appeal to Congress on January 18, 1803 to explore the Missouri River and a route…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
The historic islands, landmarks, Indian villages and agencies, trading posts, Lewis and Clark camp sites, forts, steam boat landings, individual…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
Early in the settlement of White Swan, two missionary churches and two government schools were established. Saint Francis Church was…