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After the West Was Won : Homesteaders and Town-builders in Western South Dakota, 1900-1917
author
:
Nelson, Paula.
publisher
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University of Iowa Press
isbn10 | asin
:
0877452504
print isbn13
:
9780877452508
ebook isbn13
:
9781587291661
language
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English
subject
City and town life--South Dakota--History--20th century , Frontier and pioneer life--South Dakota , South Dakota--History.
publication date
:
1986
lcc
:
F656.N45 1986eb
ddc
:
978.3/031
subject
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City and town life--South Dakota--History--20th century , Frontier and pioneer life--South Dakota , South Dakota--History.
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After the West Was Won
Homesteaders and Town-Builders in Western South Dakota, 1900-1917
By Paula M. Nelson
University of Iowa Press Iowa City
Page iv
University of Iowa Press, Iowa City 52242 Copyright 1986 by the University of Iowa All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America First paperback printing, 1989
Book and jacket design by Sandra Strother Hudson Typesetting by G&S Typesetters, Inc., Austin, Texas Printing and binding by Thomson-Shore. Inc., Dexter, Michigan
No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, without permission in writing from the publisher.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Nelson, Paula, 1951 After the West was won.
Bibliography: p. Includes index. 1. City and town lifeSouth DakotaHistory 20th century. 2. FrontIer and pioneer lifeSouth Dakota. 3. South DakotaHistory. I. Title. F656.N45 1986 978.3031 86-11405 ISBN 0-87745-156-7 cloth, ISBN 0-87745-250-4 paper
On the title page: A farm woman in the garden with her hoe, Timber Lake area, Dewey County, 1915.
Except as noted, all photographs are reproduced courtesy of the South Dakota State Historical Society.
Page v
TO MY MOTHER, who has always had faith and to the memory of my father, who would have been pleased
Page vii
Contents
Acknowledgments
ix
Introduction
xi
1. Merely the Pioneers
1
2. The Last Great Frontier
13
3. Fifty Miles to Water, One Hundred Miles to Wood
25
4. Threshers Came Right after Dinner
41
5. Sociability Is What We Need in This Country
61
6. The Best and Most Progressive Town
81
7. Happy Homes, Fine Residences, and Good Schools and Churches
101
8. We've Reached the Land of Drouth and Heat
119
9. Let the Good Work Go On
143
10. To Overcome the Drawbacks and Failure
155
11. Conclusion
169
Notes
179
Bibliography
207
Index
215
Page ix
Acknowledgments
I wish to thank a number of people who helped me with the research and writing of this book. The personnel of the South Dakota Historical Resource Center in Pierre have been very cooperative over the years. Their friendliness and encouragement during my two visits to Pierre were much appreciated. Rosemary Evetts, the librarian, and Bonnie Gardner, the curator of photographs, deserve special thanks. Their interest and enthusiasm made my work pleasurable, and their willingness to work with my sometimes sketchy requests allowed me to pursue new avenues of inquiry without repeated trips to Pierre.
At the University of Iowa, where this book began as a doctoral dissertation in the history department, I would like to thank three members of my dissertation committee: my advisor, Professor Malcolm J. Rohrbough, and Professors Stephen J. Pyne and Linda K. Kerber. Professor Rohrbough, especially, spent considerable time and effort on the project and I would like to extend a warm thank-you to him. I would also like to acknowledge the Department of History's assistance in granting me a dissertation research fellowship to finance a trip to Pierre, and for its extension of financial aid, which allowed me to teach while completing the dissertation.
The staff of the interlibrary loan department of the University of Iowa Libraries also deserve recognition for their assistance in locating the many obscure privately printed sources necessary for the successful completion of my dissertation. Through them I was also able to order a number of South Dakota newspapers on microfilm from the Center for Research Libraries in Chicago. The Center's long-term loan
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