By the end of October in 1803, federal officials and legislators in Washington had enacted legislation which established local government…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
The “Territory of Dakota,” with the exception a portion of the northeast corner, was a part of “The Louisiana Territory”…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
According to Noah Webster’s American Dictionary, one of the two definitions of politics defined in the 1828 edition was: “The…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
Although he was still alive after being attacked by the mother grizzly bear, the condition and future for Hugh Glass…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
It all started with an ad in the Missouri Gazette & Public Advertiser of St. Louis on Wednesday morning, Feb.…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
In the Noah Webster’s American Dictionary published in 1828, “character” was defined as: “The peculiar quality, or the sum of…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
When Jean Baptiste Trudeau built the “Trudeau House” on the east side of the Missouri River from where Fort Randall…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
The Missouri River, at 2,540 miles in length, is one of the Nation’s most historic arteries. It was the primary…
History’s Attic
This week in History’s Attic we will talk about how Gregory blew up their water tank (by accident of course…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
“American School Children are taught that Lewis and Clark were the first white men to penetrate the interior and therefore…