Steamboats on the Missouri River were constantly zigging and zagging between the two shores because of the ever-changing sandbars which…
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A Note from Cottonwood Corners
During April and May of 1866, thirty-six steamboats passed Yankton, all heavily loaded with equipment and supplies which were needed…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
At the bottom of the Missouri River and in the old channels of that treacherous stream lie cargoes of sunken…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
The Kate Swinney was the first steamboat to be wrecked in the Missouri River within the borders of South Dakota. …
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
About 1915, the exact location of the Loisel Trading Post which operated along the Missouri River in the vicinity of…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
In the late 1800s and the early 1900s, the islands in the Missouri River were often used by cattle rustlers…