A Note From Cottonwood Corners

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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 from 1860. The traveler coming in to the territory from Sioux City and crossing the Big Sioux River on the Government Bridge would travel a distance of twenty miles to Elk Point before reaching a town. However, a post office had been established at Jefferson, eight miles to the east of Elk Point.