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Review Of The Windmill Turning; Nursery Rhymes, Maxims, And Other Expressions Of Western Canadian Mennonites, Victor Peters
Review Of The Windmill Turning; Nursery Rhymes, Maxims, And Other Expressions Of Western Canadian Mennonites, Victor Peters
Great Plains Quarterly
Canada and the United States provide the home for two basic types of Mennonites who have little more than their beliefs in common. The older group settled mainly in the east and came to America directly from various German states. Their immigration began in 1683 and initiated the broader stream of German immigration. The other group were the West Prussian Mennonites who left their homes in Russia and came to Canada and the United States in the 1870s.
Review Of South Dakota Leaders: From Pierre Choteau, Jr., To Oscar Howe And Over A Century Of Leadership: South Dakota Territorial & State Governors, Gilbert C. Fite
Review Of South Dakota Leaders: From Pierre Choteau, Jr., To Oscar Howe And Over A Century Of Leadership: South Dakota Territorial & State Governors, Gilbert C. Fite
Great Plains Quarterly
Special events in the history of a state have customarily stimulated an unusual variety of commemorative writings. Such is the case with the books under review, both of which grew out of South Dakota's centennial in 1989. Moreover, both books deal with one theme-leadership. One concentrates on political leadership while the other includes a broader representation.
Centennial On The Northen Plains: An Introduction, George Mcgovern
Centennial On The Northen Plains: An Introduction, George Mcgovern
Great Plains Quarterly
Although I am now sixty-eight years old, I have thought of myself during the past half century since my eighteenth birthday as a young man. Perhaps that is partly because I have been blessed with good health and personal vigor, but it may also be because I was born and reared in a young State. South Dakota was only thirtytwo years old when I first came on the scene at Avon in 1922. My father, a pioneer Dakota clergyman, whom I always thought of as an old man, was born in 1868--twenty-one years before South Dakota achieved statehood. He knew …
The Hispanic Presence On The Great Plains: An Introduction, Miguel A. Carranza
The Hispanic Presence On The Great Plains: An Introduction, Miguel A. Carranza
Great Plains Quarterly
In April 1989, the Center for Great Plains Studies at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln sponsored its thirteenth annual symposium on the topic "The Hispanic Presence on the Great Plains." Scholars from across the United States and Mexico presented papers on a wide variety of topics covering the history, culture, politics, and images of people of Spanish origin on the Great Plains. These presentations focused on the Hispanic presence from the early Spanish explorers who entered the southern fringes of the Great Plains, to the vast migrations of Mexicans coming to "EI Norte" beginning in the early 1900s, to the creation …
Review Of Views From The Apache Frontier: Report On The Northern Provinces Of New Spain, Ralph H. Vigil
Review Of Views From The Apache Frontier: Report On The Northern Provinces Of New Spain, Ralph H. Vigil
Great Plains Quarterly
This report on the northern provinces of New Spain was written in 1799 by Jose Maria Cortes, a lieutenant in the Royal Corps of Engineers.Cortes, an intelligent and keen observer, relied on personal observations and archival research to describe the Apaches and other Indian groups of the trans-Mississippi West.
Review Of The Plains Cree: Trade, Diplomacy And War, 1790- 1870., James Dempsey
Review Of The Plains Cree: Trade, Diplomacy And War, 1790- 1870., James Dempsey
Great Plains Quarterly
John Milloy's examination of the Plains Cree fits in with the growing concern for presenting histories that are not based on the European perspective but focus on events and issues relevant to a particular group's past. Although he is not a native, Milloy's portrayal of the Plains Cree's political and economic relations with neighboring tribes is a good example of how a "native" perspective can give new insight into historical events. For example, he points out that while the Red River area is important to fur trade historians, at other places in the West "significant events were occurring in the …
Review Of New Directions In American Indian History, Michael Eastin
Review Of New Directions In American Indian History, Michael Eastin
Great Plains Quarterly
This appropriately titled collection of essays is the first volume of a continuing bibliographic series intended to supplement earlier bibliographies and further assist American Indian historians, especially newcomers to the field, in determining the relative merit of the hundreds of new publications concerning American Indians becoming available annually.
Review Of Raising Less Com And More Hell: Midwestern Farmers Speak Out, Deborah Fink
Review Of Raising Less Com And More Hell: Midwestern Farmers Speak Out, Deborah Fink
Great Plains Quarterly
Raising Less Corn and More Hell will be inspiring reading for the political advocates organized around the Save the Family Farm Act; others will find insights on the symbols and themes that lie behind a highly visible rural movement of the 1980s. The bulk of the book, consisting of excerpts of interviews with fortytwo farmers and nonfarmers, mostly from Iowa and bordering states, gives vivid personal stories of the hard times of the 1980s. Pictures of many of the persons, set in the context of their daily work, help us to hear and understand the messages.
Review Of Route 66: The Highway And Its People, Richard P. Horwitz
Review Of Route 66: The Highway And Its People, Richard P. Horwitz
Great Plains Quarterly
Quinta Scott and Susan Croce Kelly have crafted an affectionate contribution to the mythology of Route 66, the U. S. highway stretching from Chicago to Los Angeles. Kelly's eight chapters provide a detailed, illustrated chronology of the highway, from its "birth" in the 1920s through its decommission in 1985. The narrative cruises from humble beginnings and heroic visions, through hard times, to jubilation and inevitable decline. This saga frames the series of documentary photographs by Scott who features crisp views of roadside relics, cafes, and billboards from the route's golden age, and textured portraits of their aging owners. Both photographs …
Review Of The Shortgrass Prairie, James H. Locklear
Review Of The Shortgrass Prairie, James H. Locklear
Great Plains Quarterly
Perhaps the most poorly known and least appreciated ecosystem in all of the U.S. is the shortgrass prairie. It is not as though this vegetation type only occurs in a limited area of the country. Shortgrass prairie dominates the landscape of an enormous region stretching from Canada to New Mexico. Why is there so little understanding of this expansive grassland? Perhaps it is because few people have bothered to write about it. Ruth Cushman and Stephen Jones took on this task and we may be thankful to have their book, The Shortgrass Prairie.
Review Of Region And Regionalism In The United States: A Source Book For The Humanities And Social Sciences, Frederick C. Luebke
Review Of Region And Regionalism In The United States: A Source Book For The Humanities And Social Sciences, Frederick C. Luebke
Great Plains Quarterly
This multidisciplinary bibliography with annotations offers a judicious sampling of the best published work on American regions and regionalism. It is so useful that most scholars seriously working in regionalism will want to benefit from the authors' wide-ranging yet measured assessments.
Review Of Ernest Haycox, Jon Nelson
Review Of Ernest Haycox, Jon Nelson
Great Plains Quarterly
It can be posited that each western author has written at least one memorable short story or novel. Ernest Haycox, the subject of this pamphlet in the Boise State University series on western fiction, is best remembered for his short story "Stage to Lordsburg" that John Ford made into the classic film Stagecoach in 1939 with John Wayne and Claire Trevor. Since then the story has been refilmed twice, once by Gordon Douglas in 1966 with Bing Crosby and Ann Margaret, and again in 1988 for television with Kris Kristofferson and Johnny Cash.
Review Of Blossoms Of The Prairie: The History Of The Danish Lutheran Churches In Nebraska, George R. Nielsen
Review Of Blossoms Of The Prairie: The History Of The Danish Lutheran Churches In Nebraska, George R. Nielsen
Great Plains Quarterly
Blossoms of the Prairie is grassroots history at its best. The volume fairly exudes energy, enthusiasm, dedication, and untold hours of painstaking work. It is a harvest of information gleaned from both Danish and English sources.
Review Of Essays On The Historical Geography Of The Canadian West: Regional Perspectives On The Settlement Process, Frank Tough
Review Of Essays On The Historical Geography Of The Canadian West: Regional Perspectives On The Settlement Process, Frank Tough
Great Plains Quarterly
Essays on the Historical Geography of the Canadian West is a fine example of a department's contribution to regional studies. The eight essays from six contributors in an attractive, readable, and well-bound monograph are a useful addition to western Canadian studies. The essays (Darby, "From River Boat to Raillines: Circulation Patterns in the Canadian West during the Last Quarter of the Nineteenth Century"; Holmes, "The Canmore Corridor, 1880-1914: A Case Study of the Selection and Development of a Pass Site"; Hadley, "Photography, Tourism and the CPR: Western Canada, 1884- 1914"; Evans, "The Origin of Ranching in Western Canada: American Diffusion …
Review Of For All Those Pupils Whose Lives Touched Mine, Courtney Vaughn-Roberson
Review Of For All Those Pupils Whose Lives Touched Mine, Courtney Vaughn-Roberson
Great Plains Quarterly
For All Those Pupils Whose Lives Touched Mine, by Stella Gipson Polk, is a touching autobiography that tempts the reader by offering only a glimpse into the author's life. It is a series of vignettes primarily about Stella and the school children who, from 1918 to 1965, she taught and nurtured in several one-room country schools on the West Texas prairie. Thus, the book's organization flows from Stella's own remembrances, includes few pointedly personal insights about the author, and evades self-aggrandizement.
Review Of A Stranger In Her Native Land: Alice Fletcher And The American Indians, John R. Wunder
Review Of A Stranger In Her Native Land: Alice Fletcher And The American Indians, John R. Wunder
Great Plains Quarterly
This is the best written biography I have read in many years. A beautifully crafted book, it is a comprehensive picture and excellent scholarly treatment of a most unpleasant person, a person one can have little sympathy for in today's world. And yet, to the credit of the author, one comes away from this work having a much greater understanding of Alice Fletcher and a more balanced view of the meaning of her work.
The Contest For The "Nile Of America": Kansas V. Colorado (1907), James E. Sherow
The Contest For The "Nile Of America": Kansas V. Colorado (1907), James E. Sherow
Great Plains Quarterly
T he United States Supreme Court took its first notice of interstate squabbling over western water courses in the suit Kansas v. Colorado, 1907. 1 The decision failed to stem a steady onslaught of interstate water litigation, but the justices did achieve the means to adjudge water disputes between states. To understand the justices' accomplishment, or lack of it, requires what James Willard Hurst called a "social history of law," law related to society and to ideas outside the narrow confines of jurisprudence. Such a methodology proves a useful means for understanding the significance of Kansas v. Colorado. …
Spanish Exploration And The Great Plains In The Age Of Discovery: Myth And Reality, Ralph H. Vigil
Spanish Exploration And The Great Plains In The Age Of Discovery: Myth And Reality, Ralph H. Vigil
Great Plains Quarterly
T his essay attempts to place Spanish exploration on the Great Plains within the context of the temper and feelings prevailing in the first century of the "discovery" of the West. 1 Because many writers of texts and more specialized works view the past in the light of the present, European expansion in the sixteenth century appears to be more modem than it was. This paper views Spaniards of the early colonial period as more medieval than modem in outlook; it also suggests that mythological geography and mixed spiritual and worldly motives, considered incompatible in our day, were as important …
More Than Statehood On Their Minds: South Dakota Joins The Union, 1889, John E. Miller
More Than Statehood On Their Minds: South Dakota Joins The Union, 1889, John E. Miller
Great Plains Quarterly
"IT'S A GO," read the jubilant headline in the Huron Daily Huronite on 21 February 1889, one day after Congress passed the Omnibus Bill admitting four new states into the Union South Dakota, North Dakota, Montana, and Washington.1 The following day, despite speculation that he might veto the legislation, President Grover Cleveland signed the bill into law, setting into motion a process that formally conferred statehood on South Dakota on 2 November 1889. For almost a decade momentum had been building in southern Dakota for this day, and people's frustrations with Congressional inaction had grown apace.2
Homestead On The Range: The Emergence Of Community In Eastern Montana, 1900-1925, Rex C. Myers
Homestead On The Range: The Emergence Of Community In Eastern Montana, 1900-1925, Rex C. Myers
Great Plains Quarterly
Mary Tanner saw homesteading as "a togetherness" learned from neighbors. 1 In 1915 she and thirty-two families shared that togetherness at Round Butte, Dawson County, Montana, clustered around a school and post office that bore the same name. Neighbors got together and threshed grain, raised barns, or brought in crops for neighbors "laid up" by accident or illness. That same cooperative effort extended to the formation of the Round Butte school and post office, to community social organizations, and ultimately to the creation of a new county, Garfield, in 1919.
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Review Of Women With Vision: The Presentation Sisters Of South Dakota, 1880-1985, Sandra Schackel
Review Of Women With Vision: The Presentation Sisters Of South Dakota, 1880-1985, Sandra Schackel
Great Plains Quarterly
In the mid-eighteenth century, a young Irish woman, Nano Nagle, renounced her wealthy upper-class background and dedicated herself to ministering to the poor. Her belief in "women's potential as nurturers and ethical models for children" prompted her to establish several schools for needy boys and girls as well as to minister to the sick. After Nagle's death, the order she founded in 1776 became known as the Sisters of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and as part of a growing movement among Catholics in America in the ineteenth century, the Presentation sisters expanded their outreach to the American …
"Proving Up And Moving Up": Jewish Homesteading Activity In North Dakota, 1900-1920, Janet E. Schulte
"Proving Up And Moving Up": Jewish Homesteading Activity In North Dakota, 1900-1920, Janet E. Schulte
Great Plains Quarterly
In the spring of 1908, Morris Zemsky, a Russian- Jewish immigrant homesteading in Ashley, North Dakota, sent a letter to the Industrial Removal Office (IRO) of the Baron de Hirsch Fund in New York. Joseph Kaminer, Secretary of the Ashley Farmer's Bureau, wrote the note for Zemsky, who spoke only Yiddish. The letter requested advice on the condition of Zemsky's parents "who are now in New York and are actually starving to death. As they are several in the family and no one of them can find work."1 Zemsky requested the IRO to send his parents to his North …
Owen Wister : Wyoming's Influential Realist And Craftsman, Leslie T. Whipp
Owen Wister : Wyoming's Influential Realist And Craftsman, Leslie T. Whipp
Great Plains Quarterly
On 8 July 1885, while on his first visit to Wyoming, Owen Wister wrote in his journal, "This existence is heavenly in its monotony and sweetness. Wish I were going to do it every summer. I'm beginning to be able to feel I'm something of an animal and not a stinking brain alone. "1 Wister was being very candid and very appreciative in this statement of just how much Wyoming had done for him, but Wyoming was to be more fortunate and significant for him than he knew. Wyoming's affirmation of the animal in Owen Wister proved to have …
Review Of We Fed Them Cactus, Felix D. Almaraz
Review Of We Fed Them Cactus, Felix D. Almaraz
Great Plains Quarterly
Concerned about a lack of recorded history of her family's contributions to the settlement of eastern New Mexico, Fabiola Cabeza de Baca in the 1940s began to compile data for a book that would focus on the cultural values of Hispanics who grazed their livestock on the high plains of the Texas Panhandle. Relying on oral traditions of family members, friends, and acquaintances, Dona Fabiola reinforced the narrative with occasional references to archival documents.
The Segesser Hide Paintings: History, Discovery, Art, Thomas E. Chávez
The Segesser Hide Paintings: History, Discovery, Art, Thomas E. Chávez
Great Plains Quarterly
T here is no doubt that the Segesser hide paintings are among the most novel and important artifacts of the Spanish Colonial history of New Mexico. As aesthetic works they are striking and as hide paintings they are unique. As historical documents they have already sparked revisions in historical interpretation of the period, providing valuable information on significant factors such as modes of warfare, uniforms and clothing, and the war panoply of the Plains Indians. As artifacts, they are among the most valuable acquisitions made by the Museum of New Mexico. Most important, their presence in the Palace of the …
Plains Indians In New Mexico: The Genízaro Experiance, Russell M. Magnaghi
Plains Indians In New Mexico: The Genízaro Experiance, Russell M. Magnaghi
Great Plains Quarterly
T he colonial period in American history must, include not only the English experience on the Atlantic shore but the Spanish story in the Southwest and the approaches to the Great Plains. l Part of the New Mexican story is the emergence of a new people who become part of our multicultural experience, the detribalized Indians of the Plains and Mountains who were given the name genfzaros and were eventually absorbed into Pueblo-Spanish society. 2 The Spanish had tried to implement their Indian policy on the Great Plains, but frustrated by the environment and the native people, they remained in …
Review Of Tejanas And The Numbers Game: A Socia-Historical Interpretation From The Federal Censuses, 1850-1900., Camilo A. Martínez
Review Of Tejanas And The Numbers Game: A Socia-Historical Interpretation From The Federal Censuses, 1850-1900., Camilo A. Martínez
Great Plains Quarterly
Prior to this work did we have a well-balanced portrayal of the Tejano (Mexican American) who resided in the South, Central, and West Texas counties during the last half of the nineteenth century? Evidently not.