At the beginning of the nineteenth century, Congress had no regard for the Missouri River as a channel of commerce. …
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A Note from Cottonwood Corners
In 1832, Joseph La Barge, then only seventeen years old, was working on steamboats on the Mississippi River and was…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
A list of the names of the post offices established in Dakota Territory up to the close of 1874 indicates…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
In the development of Dakota Territory, the ox was an important and indispensable element. With the patience and fortitude only…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
The list of post offices established in Dakota Territory up to the close of 1874 indicates the progress of white…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
The Hamilton settlement was the next point where a small colony of white settlers made a settlement on Platte Creek,…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
Charles Mix County was first settled on November 4, 1794 when Jean Batiste Trudeau built the first white man’s house…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
There were few towns and post offices in Dakota Territory in 1870. The number had made but a slight increase…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
In 1859 the question of securing a political organization for the Territory of Dakota was uppermost in the minds of…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
In the last half of the 1800’s, Governor Jayne appointed the following agents to take a census of the territory…