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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"Dakota Territory"”.
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From saeter to sod: Single women homesteaders of Norwegian descent farming their land in Dakota territory, 1862-1929
1 PDF file (v, 112 pages : illustrations)
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Mistaken in the Man: The Life, Death, and Estate Trial of John McClellan
… founders of the Sioux Falls town site in Dakota Territory in the year 1857. During his lifetime, McClellan never spoke much about his family or his origins. After amassing considerable wealth selling land in the 1870s and 1880s, McClellan died in an elevator accident in 1899. His death …
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Mistaken in the Man: The Life, Death, and Estate Trial of John McClellan
… founders of the Sioux Falls town site in Dakota Territory in the year 1857. During his lifetime, McClellan never spoke much about his family or his origins. After amassing considerable wealth selling land in the 1870s and 1880s, McClellan died in an elevator accident in 1899. His death …
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African Americans in North Dakota 1800-1940
… and have been involved in every stage of North Dakota's history from 1800 to 1940. However, historians generally have neglected the existence of black people in North Dakota's past. This study examined the participation by African Americans in North Dakota's social and economic history from 1800 …
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"We Have Found the Native Tongue Indispensable": Missionary Interactions with the Dakota Language, 1834-1893
… is a study of missionary interaction with the Dakota language in the nineteenth century. Specifically, I look at missionaries from the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM) who arrived among the Dakotas of Minnesota Territory in the mid- to late-1830s. I also examine …
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"We Have Found the Native Tongue Indispensable": Missionary Interactions with the Dakota Language, 1834-1893
… is a study of missionary interaction with the Dakota language in the nineteenth century. Specifically, I look at missionaries from the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM) who arrived among the Dakotas of Minnesota Territory in the mid- to late-1830s. I also examine …
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"Training the Young Idea How to Shoot" : Teaching in Barnes County, the First Thirty Years, 1879-1909
… look at teachers and education in Barnes County, Dakota Territory and North Dakota, from the years 1879 to 1909. By 1879 the feminization of the teaching profession had occurred, and most Barnes County, and North Dakota, youth were taught by women. However, this is not only a study of female …
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'Fierce Winds and a Blank Whiteness': The Culture of Dakota Winter, 1870-1915
… — though not the only — response of early Dakotans to the annual challenges and hazards of winter. It examines first the challenges of winter, then what Dakotans did to protect themselves from and even profit from the season, then the ways that Dakotans spoke in positive ways about their …