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Gregory County Historical Museum Receives Renovations

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8 May 2024 0

History’s Attic

This week in History’s Attic. The cry of oil was heard on the Rosebud. Gregory County was to have their…

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11 Apr 2023 0

Green’s Standard Oil & Gregory Livestock Auction

There were two local stories last week about historical Gregory County buildings coming down. The first was printed in the…

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14 Mar 2022 0

A Note from Cottonwood Corners

With the construction of the six Corp of Engineers dams on the upper Missouri River, there were what some referred…

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9 Sep 2021 0

A Note from Cottonwood Corners

The historic islands, landmarks, Indian villages and agencies, trading posts, Lewis and Clark camp sites, forts, steam boat landings, individual…

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9 Sep 2021 0

A Note from Cottonwood Corners

Early in the settlement of White Swan, two missionary churches and two government schools were established. Saint Francis Church was…

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9 Sep 2021 0

A Note from Cottonwood Corners

The Supreme Court deliberated a little more than three weeks before they made a decision in the case involving the…

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8 Sep 2021 0

A Note from Cottonwood Corners

The October 27, 1916 issue of The Mellette County Pioneer informed their readers that Fairfax had withdrawn from the county…

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8 Sep 2021 1

A Note from Cottonwood Corners

After the General Election of 1912 failed in securing the removal of the county seat from Fairfax, the newspapers were…

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8 Sep 2021 0

A Note from Cottonwood Corners

On March 25, 1909, all unclaimed government land in the Gregory County portion of the reservation was placed on sale…

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