The origin of “Sky Pilot” as a reference to missionary, pastor, or clergyman is unknown and there is no record…
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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…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
By the middle of the 1880s, barb wire had come to South Dakota. About fifteen years later, cowboys rounding up…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
The Sioux made up a large part of the Great Plains Indian population in the late 1700s. In 1780 it…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
Consistent with naval law and practice, from the beginning of the expedition Lewis and Clark ordered the men in charge…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
Not knowing exactly how many Indian tribes they would encounter between St. Louis and the Pacific Ocean, Lewis and Clark…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
The work of the cowboy on the yearly roundups west of the Missouri River was hard and dangerous. A day…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
In the last half of the 19th and earliest part of the 20th centuries, medicine was often carried out far…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
In early America, there were many ways for someone on the frontier to die. Those explorers and settlers were faced…