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…
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…
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…
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…
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…