It all started with an ad in the Missouri Gazette & Public Advertiser of St. Louis on Wednesday morning, Feb.…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
In the Noah Webster’s American Dictionary published in 1828, “character” was defined as: “The peculiar quality, or the sum of…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
When Jean Baptiste Trudeau built the “Trudeau House” on the east side of the Missouri River from where Fort Randall…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
The Missouri River, at 2,540 miles in length, is one of the Nation’s most historic arteries. It was the primary…
History’s Attic
This week in History’s Attic we will talk about how Gregory blew up their water tank (by accident of course…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
“American School Children are taught that Lewis and Clark were the first white men to penetrate the interior and therefore…
Burke in the New York Times, March 2, 1913
Found by Lisa Lillibridge, May 2023
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
The Homestead Act of 1862 which was passed on May 20th accelerated the settlement of the western territory by granting…
History’s Attic
Did Herrick Really have a stone man buried in its backyard. Is it possible, maybe? Many fossils have been…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
Local floods on the streams and small rivers occurred at frequent intervals throughout our history. In general, 1908 appears to…