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A Note from Cottonwood Corners

Through the 1870s Tackett Station appeared on several maps as a municipality called “Chouteau Creek”.  In 1894, “Chouteau Creek Station”…

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A Note from Cottonwood Corners

One of the first areas in Dakota to be settled was the area along the northern edge of the Missouri…

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A Note from Cottonwood Corners

The section through North and South Dakota is the youngest valley of any of the large streams of the world,…

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A Note from Cottonwood Corners

The entire view of the Spotted Tail camp near the White River was a pleasant scene of primitive life on…

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A Note from Cottonwood Corners

While he was visiting the Whetstone Agency, Spotted Tail was approached on the important subject of settling down and cultivating…

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A Note from Cottonwood Corners

Those Native Americans living at or near the Whetstone Agency in the winter of 1870 learned from the whites that…

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A Note from Cottonwood Corners

Back in the mid 1860s, some of those living on the remote frontier became bolder in the nefarious trade of…

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A Note from Cottonwood Corners

During the fall of 1869 and winter of 1870, more than the usual discontent appeared among the Indians at Whetstone…

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A Note from Cottonwood Corners

The routine of activities at the Whetstone Agency during the winter months of 1869–1870 was occasionally relieved by the arrival…

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A Note from Cottonwood Corners

Native Americans were the first to encounter dinosaur bones and other fossils buried in the earth for eons and then…

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