Author: Roy P. Johnson
Publisher:
Published: 1982
Total Pages: 442
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Red River Valley is in North Dakota and Minnesota.
Author: Carroll Engelhardt
Publisher: FriesenPress
Published: 2023-01-05
Total Pages: 298
ISBN-13: 1039158501
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →“If I had promised to be a priest and kept my word, today I would be . . . a feted-up, high-living hypocrite in the so-called vineyard of the Lord, and not a farmer . . . earning his bread by the sweat of his brow.” Defying his Catholic parents’ insistence that he join the clergy, twenty-year-old R. M. Probstfield emigrates from the Rhineland to Minnesota. After some continental rambling and the federal government forcing Native Americans from the Red River Valley, a decade toiling for the Hudson’s Bay Company persuades him that the Valley’s rich soil offers opportunity, and as one of the earliest settlers establishes Oakport Farm near the well-timbered Red River. Documented from a multi-generational journal and illustrated with vintage photographs, By the Sweat of His Brow sets the Probstfield family’s daily activities in the context of state and national agricultural, social, and political history and opens a window on rural life at the eastern edge of the Great Plains from the mid-nineteenth to mid-twentieth centuries. This meticulously researched, eminently readable book colorfully depicts a complicated patriarch, loving wife, and eleven children eking out a living. It will appeal to history buffs and scholars alike.
Author: Carroll L. Engelhardt
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
Published:
Total Pages: 389
ISBN-13: 1452912971
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"Historian Carroll Engelhardt's Gateway to the Northern Plains chronicles the story of Fargo and Moorhead's growth. Once just specks on the vast landscape of the Northern Plains, these twin cities prospered, teeming with their own dynamic culture, economy, and politics. Moorhead developed first, boosted by railroad manager Thomas Hawley Canfield, who touted it as superior to Fargo. However, Northern Pacific Railway chose Fargo as its headquarters, and it became the "Gateway City" to North Dakota."--BOOK JACKET.
Author: Danielle Teigen
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2017-08-28
Total Pages: 175
ISBN-13: 1439662096
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Fueled by ambition and pipe dreams, Fargo's earliest residents created an entire city out of the dust of a flat, desolate prairie. Roberts Street might not exist if it weren't for Matilda Roberts, a resourceful pioneer wife who encouraged her husband's cousin to set up his law firm on that important downtown thoroughfare. O.J. deLendrecie generated so much success through his retail store that he was able to buy President Theodore Roosevelt's ranch in western North Dakota. Oliver Dalrymple may have been the bonanza farm king, but the better manager was his rival, Herbert Chaffee of the Amenia and Sharon Land Company. Author Danielle Teigen reveals the intriguing true stories behind many of the most engaging characters and what continues to make the "Gateway to the West" unique.
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Published: 2001
Total Pages: 196
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Journal of the Northern Plains.
Author: Dan Rylance
Publisher:
Published: 1979
Total Pages: 200
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Over 6000 citations (printed before 1976) about North Dakota history. Includes citations on geology, geography, natural history, conservation, climate, forts, Indians, military, exploration, fur trade, Dakota Territory, government, politics, wars, the counties and cities, education, religion, sports, women, health, agriculture, business, transportation, etc.
Author: Philip A. Greasley
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 2016-08-08
Total Pages: 1074
ISBN-13: 0253021162
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Midwest has produced a robust literary heritage. Its authors have won half of the nation's Nobel Prizes for Literature plus a significant number of Pulitzer Prizes. This volume explores the rich racial, ethnic, and cultural diversity of the region. It also contains entries on 35 pivotal Midwestern literary works, literary genres, literary, cultural, historical, and social movements, state and city literatures, literary journals and magazines, as well as entries on science fiction, film, comic strips, graphic novels, and environmental writing. Prepared by a team of scholars, this second volume of the Dictionary of Midwestern Literature is a comprehensive resource that demonstrates the Midwest's continuing cultural vitality and the stature and distinctiveness of its literature.
Author: Vernon G. Hedner
Publisher:
Published: 1997-10
Total Pages: 450
ISBN-13: 9780966138313
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: John R. Borchert
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
Published: 1987
Total Pages: 261
ISBN-13: 1452900280
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