02727nam 2200553 a 450 991082705230332120230421033713.01-58729-167-3(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 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 conditionsAgricultureHistory978.3/032Nelson Paula1951-1664623MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910827052303321The prairie winnows out its own4022775UNINA