The Homestead Act of 1862 which was passed on May 20th accelerated the settlement of the western territory by granting…
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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
It was an old-timer’s vivid account of South Dakota’s last big cattle roundup in 1902 that inspired Bert Hall of…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
The year of 1872 was in many respects a notable and memorable one in the history of the Dakota Territory…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
The earliest known map revealing the Dakota country is the DeL’lsle map of 1701. On that map, a trail (early…
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
The origin of “Sky Pilot” as a reference to missionary, pastor, or clergyman is unknown and there is no record…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
From the earliest settlement of America by those coming from Europe, the religious denominations, through their missionaries and pastors, were…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
In the second session of the Legislative Assembly for the Dakota Territory, the legislature meeting at Yankton passed a law…