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Collecting, organizing and sharing the history of Gregory County and the South Central South Dakota region.

History’s Attic

  How to make a living as a photographer in the 1930s. Probably the last thing people were looking for…

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3 Oct 2023 0

A Note from Cottonwood Corners

The organization of the Dakota Territory by the U.S. Congress in the spring of 1861 resulted in attracting wide attention…

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28 Sep 2023 0

A Note from Cottonwood Corners

In May of 1858, a group of men and women from Manitorville, Minnesota, were on their way to Pike’s Peak…

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20 Sep 2023 0

A Note from Cottonwood Corners

“Back to school” means anything from late July to after Labor Day, depending on where in the United States you…

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14 Sep 2023 0

History’s Attic

  Sale Barns on the Rosebud From the time Gregory County was opened up there has been Livestock sales. Every…

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6 Sep 2023 0

A Note from Cottonwood Corners

The Territory of Dakota was situated about midway between the two great oceans, and between the parallels of Latitude 42o…

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6 Sep 2023 0

Quartzite State Line Monuments

Nebraska’s northern border is conspicuously marked every one-half mile with large pink-colored quartzite stone monoliths. For the past 130 years,…

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6 Sep 2023 0

A Note from Cottonwood Corners

The great wave of patriotism which swept over the American people following the secession of the southern states did not…

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30 Aug 2023 0

A Note from Cottonwood Corners

While Fort Pierre, as it existed from 1832 to 1858, had been demolished, its name remained and has continued up…

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23 Aug 2023 0

A Note from Cottonwood Corners

After General Harney and his men reached Fort Pierre in the late fall of 1855, he and his officers were…

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