“WILD MISSOURI SWEEPS VALLEY — A River Gone Mad — 100,000 Persons Homeless in Nation’s Worst Domestic Disaster” was the…
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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
As soon as the courier arrived at Fort Laramie with the news that gold had been discovered in the Black…
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…
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
By the time Lewis and Clark visited South Dakota in late August of 1804, mountain men and trappers had already…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
Fivemile Creek is located on the west side of the river just above the Lyman County line directly across from…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
In South Dakota, habitat destruction has been the major reason for the population decline of both the Piping Plover and…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
The magnitude and rapidity of the changes of the river channel were remarkable. Many times there would be a shifting…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
The Missouri River was always commercially the most important waterway in the area. Steamers never ventured on any other South…