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