The first great case in Dakota Territory to try the grit and strength of the lawyers was the Wintermute murder…
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A Note from Cottonwood Corners
The Homestead Act of 1862 which was passed on May 20th accelerated the settlement of the western territory by granting…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
It was on August 1, 1908, that folks living in South Dakota first heard about Mrs. Mary Sully, widow of…
Note from Cottonwood Corners
A Sioux Falls, July 10 story was printed in The Madison Daily Leader on July 11, 1908 with this headline: …
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
The August 1, 1908, issue of the Custer Weekly Chronicle contained this headline: “JACK SULLY’S WIDOW WINS FIRST ROUND.” In…
A Note from Cottonwood
A short news story of May 7 with a dateline of Wheeler, S.D., appeared in a number of 1906 South…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
The key factors that shaped U.S. Indian policy and led to the fractured state of Indian land tenure in Indian…