This week in History’s Attic The Buttes or what some call the “Pikes Peak of Gregory County.” It seems a…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
From July 19 to November 3 of 1950, a survey and excavation program (Archeological Reconnaissance of Historic Sites) was conducted…
History’s Attic
This week in History’s Attic The TeePee Cafe in Bonesteel SD. Built when Highway 18 was routed around Bonesteel due…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
About 1915, the exact location of the Loisel Trading Post which operated along the Missouri River in the vicinity of…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
The two states of Dakota were once part of the vast Dakotaland which extended from the Mississippi to the Missouri…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
For about the last six months, I have been making an extensive search of maps, documents, diaries, books, and letters…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
One of the major factors influencing the growth and development of South Dakota socially and economically was the opportunity to…
History’s Attic
This week in History’s Attic When Ford Ranchero’s could float. Everyone has a favorite Aunt or Uncle, and us Papousek…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
Even before statehood, the Missouri River divided the State of South Dakota and her people into two distinct regions, East…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
The first highways into the prairie grasslands of what would later become South Dakota were the rivers used by the…