The arrival of cattle from Texas to the Whetstone Agency was always of great interest to those Indians who were…
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A Note from Cottonwood Corners
Whetstone Agency, although some distance from any significant white settlement, was not exempt from the harmful influence of the unscrupulous…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
In 1869 there were no school houses or churches at Whetstone, neither teachers nor ministers. Poole’s predecessor did ask him…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
In 1870, Gen. D. S. Stanley was in command of the military district of Dakota, with headquarters at Fort Sully. …
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
A new Indian policy was inaugurated with the coming in of President Grant’s administration in 1869. Henceforth it was intended…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
The murder of General McCook on the evening of September 11, 1873 in Yankton by Peter Wintermute and the ensuing…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
The first great case in Dakota Territory to try the grit and strength of the lawyers was the Wintermute murder…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
Eighteen seventy-three was a memorable year in the progress of Dakota Territory. Spring came unusually early and farmers had started…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
Because of the danger from sandbars and snags, the captain and crew of the “Evening Star,” amid many doubts and…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
During the boating season of 1869, there were one hundred and forty-three landings made by steamboats at the Yankton Landing. …