The one-room school still evokes nostalgia in the hearts of folks in this country. From the very beginning, our history…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
When it was time to start classes in the rural school, which was usually at 9:00 AM, the teacher would…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
The fur traders and trappers along the Missouri River understood the importance of their children receiving a good education. These…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
In the old kerosene days, kerosene was comparatively safe except in the form of vapor mixed with air. Thus, supplied…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
In Chapter 1 of Genesis we read: “And God said, ‘Let there be light,’ and there was light. God saw…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
During the last half of the 1800’s, the land that is now Montana, Wyoming, and the Dakotas was for the…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
We just recently experienced more than one week of frigid and in some cases record setting low temperatures out on…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
The Supreme Court deliberated a little more than three weeks before they made a decision in the case involving the…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
The October 27, 1916 issue of The Mellette County Pioneer informed their readers that Fairfax had withdrawn from the county…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
After the General Election of 1912 failed in securing the removal of the county seat from Fairfax, the newspapers were…