During the thirty-six years and five months that Fort Randall stood on the west bank of the Missouri River, the…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
During April and May of 1866, thirty-six steamboats passed Yankton, all heavily loaded with equipment and supplies which were needed…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
At the bottom of the Missouri River and in the old channels of that treacherous stream lie cargoes of sunken…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
An examination of the records shows that a large portion of the business of the Missouri River steamboats pertained to…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
For a long time the Missouri River was South Dakota’s main highway. During the 1800s, it was our Interstate 90. …
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
The Kate Swinney was the first steamboat to be wrecked in the Missouri River within the borders of South Dakota. …
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
In his report to the Missouri River Commission for the fiscal year ending on June 30, 1897, Captain Hiram Chittenden…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
The swift and turbulent character of the unruly Missouri River led to numerous accounts by early explorers of the difficulty…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
We do not know when the first white man entered the Missouri River, but it is probably between 1700 and…