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A Note from Cottonwood Corners

The year of 1872 was in many respects a notable and memorable one in the history of the Dakota Territory…

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A Note from Cottonwood Corners

Antoine Bijou, a French Canadian, established a trading post in 1813 on the east side of the Missouri River below…

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A Note from Cottonwood Corners

In the second session of the Legislative Assembly for the Dakota Territory, the legislature meeting at Yankton passed a law…

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A Note from Cottonwood Corners

When Dakota Territory as organized in 1861, the curriculum of the typical one-room school throughout the United States had as…

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A Note from Cottonwood Corners

With the construction of Fort Randall in Dakota Territory, on the west bank of the Missouri River just above the…

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A Note from Cottonwood Corners

As the southern portion of the Dakota Territory which was created on March 2, 1861 began to be populated, the…

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A Note from Cottonwood Corners

With the growth of the territory in the mid-1800s, the opening of new lands for homesteading, and the influx of…

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A Note from Cottonwood Corners

The Dakota Territory law makers met for the first time in Yankton on March 17, 1862.  This was the first…

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A Note from Cottonwood Corners

For forty-three years, the location of the seat of government was an important factor in the history of South Dakota. …

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A Note from Cottonwood Corners

The state of Montana holds the record for the bloodiest vigilante movement from 1863 to 1865, when hundreds of suspected…

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