When Major Stephen H. Long explored the area which later became Nebraska and Oklahoma in 1820, he called the region…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
When Moses came down from Mt. Sinai thousands of years ago, he brought with him what the founders of our…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
As soon as the courier arrived at Fort Laramie with the news that gold had been discovered in the Black…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
Historical information and materials reveal that the records and information on the open range spring cattle roundups is incomplete and…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
The origin of “Sky Pilot” as a reference to missionary, pastor, or clergyman is unknown and there is no record…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
From the earliest settlement of America by those coming from Europe, the religious denominations, through their missionaries and pastors, were…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
In the second session of the Legislative Assembly for the Dakota Territory, the legislature meeting at Yankton passed a law…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
By the middle of the 1880s, barb wire had come to South Dakota. About fifteen years later, cowboys rounding up…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
The Sioux made up a large part of the Great Plains Indian population in the late 1700s. In 1780 it…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
In the late 1800s and the early 1900s, the islands in the Missouri River were often used by cattle rustlers…