How John Zietlow built a multimillion-dollar telecommunication company in Aberdeen John L.W. Zietlow was born in Greotzien, Germany, on December 8, 1850, the son of… Read more »
Area settlements that vanished In this issue, we’ll look at the late-blooming towns in the Brown County area that sprang up along or near the… Read more »
Early towns that were established in Brown County and survived In past issues, we looked at the city of Columbia, the first “sooner” town in… Read more »
Homesteads, Railroads, and Change in Brown County’s first city In 1862, the Homestead Act was passed into law by Congress, opening up more than 270… Read more »
In our previous two issues we heard about the lives of Waneta and Drifting Goose, two prominent Sioux Chiefs who lived near Aberdeen in the… Read more »
Before any settlers arrived and before Aberdeen was a city, all of the United States was Indian territory. Many stories remain untold about Native American… Read more »
