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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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A Note from Cottonwood Corners

Early in 1902, the Federal Government ordered that all cattle not currently grazing on their home range be returned to…

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A Note from Cottonwood Corners

One of the first reports of a general roundup of the cattle in South Dakota appeared in the May 7,…

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A Note from Cottonwood Corners

When Dakota Territory as organized in 1861, the curriculum of the typical one-room school throughout the United States had as…

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Wortmann Family Visits the July 13th Gregory County Historical Society

Pictured above is the Wortmann family:  Meredith (10), Holly (Mother), Elizabeth (16), Sophia (14), and Meredith (10). Elizabeth & Sophia…

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A Note from Cottonwood Corners

The Dakotas, Wyoming, and Montana were mostly mile after mile after mile of frontier and wide open range.  In the…

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A Note from Cottonwood Corners

When gold was discovered in the Black Hills in 1874, one of the nearest approaches by rail was from Bismarck. …

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