How to make a living as a photographer in the 1930s. Probably the last thing people were looking for…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
The organization of the Dakota Territory by the U.S. Congress in the spring of 1861 resulted in attracting wide attention…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
In May of 1858, a group of men and women from Manitorville, Minnesota, were on their way to Pike’s Peak…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
“Back to school” means anything from late July to after Labor Day, depending on where in the United States you…
History’s Attic
Sale Barns on the Rosebud From the time Gregory County was opened up there has been Livestock sales. Every…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
The Territory of Dakota was situated about midway between the two great oceans, and between the parallels of Latitude 42o…
Quartzite State Line Monuments
Nebraska’s northern border is conspicuously marked every one-half mile with large pink-colored quartzite stone monoliths. For the past 130 years,…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
The great wave of patriotism which swept over the American people following the secession of the southern states did not…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
While Fort Pierre, as it existed from 1832 to 1858, had been demolished, its name remained and has continued up…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
After General Harney and his men reached Fort Pierre in the late fall of 1855, he and his officers were…