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A Note from Cottonwood Corners

Most of the improvements carried out by Major Charles R. Suter concentrated on the lower reach of the river between…

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13 Jun 2025 0

A Note from Cottonwood Corners

On July 12, 1879, Captain Charles Howell of the Corps of Engineers boarded the steamboat Miner at Sioux City.  He…

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A Note from Cottonwood Corners

At the beginning of the nineteenth century, Congress had no regard for the Missouri River as a channel of commerce. …

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16 Apr 2025 0

A Note from Cottonwood Corners

In 1832, Joseph La Barge, then only seventeen years old, was working on steamboats on the Mississippi River and was…

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16 Apr 2025 0

A Note from Cottonwood Corners

A list of the names of the post offices established in Dakota Territory up to the close of 1874 indicates…

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1 Apr 2025 0

A Note from Cottonwood Corners

In the development of Dakota Territory, the ox was an important and indispensable element.  With the patience and fortitude only…

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1 Apr 2025 0

A Note from Cottonwood Corners

The list of post offices established in Dakota Territory up to the close of 1874 indicates the progress of white…

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1 Apr 2025 0

A Note from Cottonwood Corners

Charles Mix County was first settled on November 4, 1794 when Jean Batiste Trudeau built the first white man’s house…

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1 Apr 2025 0

A Note from Cottonwood Corners

There were few towns and post offices in Dakota Territory in 1870.  The number had made but a slight increase…

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1 Apr 2025 0

A Note from Cottonwood Corners

In 1859 the question of securing a political organization for the Territory of Dakota was uppermost in the minds of…

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