The two states of Dakota were once part of the vast Dakotaland which extended from the Mississippi to the Missouri…
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A Note from Cottonwood Corners
Chevalier and Francois Verendrye were fur traders who built trading posts across Canada and down into what was later to…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
The period prior to the exploration of the southern portion of Canada west of Lake Winnipeg was full of turmoil…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
When the Hudson’s Bay Company began its interaction and business with the Native inhabitants of the Red River Valley above…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
During the early days of the settlement and development of the Dakota Territory, most of the activity took place in…
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…
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…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
The Missouri River from its source in the Rocky Mountains to its junction with the Mississippi is 2,963 miles long. …
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
By the time Lewis and Clark visited South Dakota in late August of 1804, mountain men and trappers had already…