Whenever you hear someone mention the “1902 Roundup,” you automatically think about the rounding up of all cattle west of…
Green’s Standard Oil & Gregory Livestock Auction
There were two local stories last week about historical Gregory County buildings coming down. The first was printed in the…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
With the construction of Fort Randall in Dakota Territory, on the west bank of the Missouri River just above the…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
According to the Jewish Encyclopedia: “There is no reference to the cat in the Old Testament, the domestication of that…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
By the time Lewis and Clark visited South Dakota in late August of 1804, mountain men and trappers had already…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
After six face-offs between 1861 and 1890, each becoming more intense and costly, one might come to the conclusion that…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
After the election on October 1, 1889 for the temporary seat of government, the folks in Pierre felt confident that…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
The Enabling Act which created the states of North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, and Washington in 1889 accepted the Sioux…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
As the southern portion of the Dakota Territory which was created on March 2, 1861 began to be populated, the…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
With the growth of the territory in the mid-1800s, the opening of new lands for homesteading, and the influx of…