02787nam 2200565 a 450 991045638530332120200520144314.01-58729-167-3(CKB)111004365706738(EBL)836755(OCoLC)44964424(SSID)ssj0000639989(PQKBManifestationID)12253464(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000639989(PQKBWorkID)10605297(PQKB)11122310(MiAaPQ)EBC836755(MdBmJHUP)muse12526(Au-PeEL)EBL836755(CaPaEBR)ebr10579430(EXLCZ)9911100436570673819950727d1996 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe prairie winnows out its own[electronic resource] the West River Country of South Dakota in the years of depression and dust /Paula M. NelsonIowa City University of Iowa Press19961 online resource (277 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-87745-930-4 0-87745-525-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Preface; Introduction: After the West Was Won; Chapter 1. Room at the Bottom; Chapter 2. The Cow, the Sow, and the Hen; Chapter 3. If a Woman Is a True Companion; Chapter 4. Not a Young Chicago; Chapter 5. The Social Costs of Space; Chapter 6. Seedtime and Harvest Shall Not Cease; Chapter 7. In the Last Days, Perilous Times Shall Come; Chapter 8. The Plainsman Cannot Assume; Chapter 9. Outside the Shelterbelt; Notes; Bibliography; IndexBetween 1900 and 1915, in the last great land rush, over one hundred thousand homesteaders flooded into the west river country of South Dakota, a land noted for its aridity and unpredictable weather, its treelessness, and its endless sky. The settlers of "the last, best west" weathered their first crisis in the severe drought of 1910-1911, which winnowed out many of the speculators and faint of heart; they abandoned their founding hopes of quick success and substituted a new ethos of "next year country"-while this year was hard, next year would be better, an ironic phrase at once optimAgricultureSouth DakotaHistory20th centurySouth DakotaHistorySouth DakotaEconomic conditionsElectronic books.AgricultureHistory978.3/032Nelson Paula1951-860080MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910456385303321The prairie winnows out its own1919089UNINA