The first effort at road building by white men in what would later become Dakota Territory was in 1857. One…
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A Note from Cottonwood Corners
The earliest settlers to the Missouri Slope (area on the north side of the Missouri River and close to the…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
It is interesting to note that food on the early frontier was often ignored or overlooked by the writers and…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
The organization of the Dakota Territory by the U.S. Congress in the spring of 1861 resulted in attracting wide attention…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
In May of 1858, a group of men and women from Manitorville, Minnesota, were on their way to Pike’s Peak…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
While Fort Pierre, as it existed from 1832 to 1858, had been demolished, its name remained and has continued up…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
Over the years, there were numerous posts and forts established at or near the mouth of the Bad River on…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
Doane Robinson, who had investigated the pre-settlement history of the Upper Missouri Valley thoroughly and intelligently had this to say…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
By the end of October in 1803, federal officials and legislators in Washington had enacted legislation which established local government…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
The “Territory of Dakota,” with the exception a portion of the northeast corner, was a part of “The Louisiana Territory”…