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…
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…
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…
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. …
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…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
The first legislative session of the Dakota Territory convened on March 17, 1862 in Yankton. The organization of this first…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
In 1859 the question of securing a political organization for the Territory of Dakota was uppermost on the minds of…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
Like most other institutions in American government, the county was originated in England. The origins of the American county can…