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A Note from Cottonwood Corners

  Steam boats made regular trips up the Missouri in South Dakota until about 1880.  By 1910 very few steamers…

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A Note from Cottonwood Corners

South Dakota’s initial passageway of travel was the Missouri River.  Later, the wagon road followed the establishment of military forts…

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A Note from Cottonwood Corners

The remarkable growth and development of Dakota Territory after 1880 was extraordinary.  Settlers pointed with pride to the public schools…

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A Note from Cottonwood Corners

Next week, October 6 – 12, is National Newspaper Week.  Some might ask: “Why is that important to me?”  It…

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A Note from Cottonwood Corners

On April 7, 1805, the Corps of Discovery left Fort Mandan, where they had spent the winter, and headed west. …

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A Note from Cottonwood Corners

When the “Corps of Discovery” entered South Dakota in 1804 they had two horses with them.  These horses were used…

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A Note from Cottonwood Corners

Two hundred and fifteen years ago next Sunday, the “Corps of Discovery” entered the territory which would later become Gregory…

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A Note from Cottonwood Corners

The “Corps of Discovery” began their journey to the Pacific on May 14, 1804.  Ninety-nine days later they entered what…

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1905 photo of Burke Building Center

An early photo of the Burke Building Center building was recently shared with the Gazette by Richard Papousek.  The photo…

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A note from Cottonwood Corners

On March 4, 1801, Thomas Jefferson became the first President to be inaugurated in the new capital of Washington, D.…

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