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Author : Charles Arthur Hawley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1941
Category : Presbyterian Church
ISBN : OCLC:1434415829
Author : Charles Arthur Hawley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2012-06-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1258390094
Author : Michael L. Tate
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 584 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1995-08-22
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105018359195
The first systematic bibliographical tool ever assembled for the state of Nebraska.
Author : R. Douglas Hurt
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2011-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9780816529728
The Great Plains, known for grasslands that stretch to the horizon, is a difficult region to define. Some classify it as the region beginning in the east at the ninety-eighth or one-hundredth meridian. Others identify the eastern boundary with annual precipitation lines, soil composition, or length of the grass. In The Big Empty, leading historian R. Douglas Hurt defines this region using the towns and cities—Denver, Lincoln, and Fort Worth—that made a difference in the history of the environment, politics, and agriculture of the Great Plains. Using the voices of women homesteaders, agrarian socialists, Jewish farmers, Mexican meatpackers, New Dealers, and Native Americans, this book creates a sweeping survey of contested race relations, radical politics, and agricultural prosperity and decline during the twentieth century. This narrative shows that even though Great Plains history is fraught with personal and group tensions, violence, and distress, the twentieth century also brought about compelling social, economic, and political change. The only book of its kind, this account will be of interest to historians studying the region and to anyone inspired by the story of the men and women who found an opportunity for a better life in the Great Plains.
Author : Addison Erwin Sheldon,James Lee Sellers,James C. Olson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Nebraska
ISBN : UCSD:31822037271244
Author : Frederick Allen
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 449 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2013-07-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780806179575
The deadliest campaign of vigilante justice in American history erupted in the Rocky Mountains during the Civil War when a private army hanged twenty-one troublemakers. Hailed as great heroes at the time, the Montana vigilantes are still revered as founding fathers. Combing through original sources, including eye-witness accounts never before published, Frederick Allen concludes that the vigilantes were justified in their early actions, as they fought violent crime in a remote corner beyond the reach of government. But Allen has uncovered evidence that the vigilantes refused to disband after territorial courts were in place. Remaining active for six years, they lynched more than fifty men without trials. Reliance on mob rule in Montana became so ingrained that in 1883, a Helena newspaper editor advocated a return to “decent, orderly lynching” as a legitimate tool of social control. Allen’s sharply drawn characters, illustrated by dozens of photographs, are woven into a masterfully written narrative that will change textbook accounts of Montana’s early days—and challenge our thinking on the essence of justice.
Author : Paul A. Johnsgard
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2007-04-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0803259816
Although its history is etched on canyon walls reaching back twenty million years, the Niobrara is very much a river of today. Stretching 535 miles from its headwaters to the Missouri River, it is one of Nebraska?s least altered waterways and is designated as a national scenic river. Its waterfalls and wildlife make it a haven for outdoor enthusiasts, but pressures from development still threaten its scenic and ecological wonders. ø This first book-length study of the Niobrara is a comprehensive look at an ecological treasure. Paul A. Johnsgard reviews the river?s history from its geologic past through prehistoric settlement to the present and highlights its historical and biological features. ø Writing from this crossroads of eastern and western species, Johnsgard also describes the Niobrara?s varied plants and animals, providing extensive information on bird populations. He offers portraits of sixteen species of special conservation concern, such as the black-tailed prairie dog and the olive-backed pocket mouse. Drawings by Johnsgard, information tables on various species, plus site lists make the book an invaluable reference. It conveys the Niobrara?s value as a recreational and scientific resource to help visitors better appreciate this riparian paradise while offering specialists an unimpeachable guide to its scientific riches. The Niobrara includes chapters by Jon Farrar and Duane Gudgel.
Author : Thomas C. Hunt,James Carper
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2017-12-15
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781351128209
Published in 1989, this bibliography considers religious seminaries that are affiliated with the various denominations of the theological institutions established in the United States by the Protestants in the early 1800s, it also considers non-denominational and independent settings. Divided into two sections, the first short section considers the relationship between the civil governments and the seminaries, the second, organized by denomination into 15 chapters provides an extensive bibliography with annotations. The work pulls together a wealth of reference material and identifies salient works, whether book, article, dissertation or essay, to provide a much-needed resource for those interested in seminary education in the United States, whether scholar, student, policy maker, or interested citizen.
Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1062 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1964
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015022384997
Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Subcommittee on Public Lands
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1472 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1964
Category : Assateague Island National Seashore (Md. and Va.)
ISBN : UCAL:B5160633
Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Interior and Insular Affairs
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 62 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1964
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105045392672
Author : Nebraska State Historical Society
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1956
Category : Nebraska
ISBN : CORNELL:31924028873846
Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Subcommittee on Public Lands
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 58 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1964
Category : Agate Fossil Beds National Monument (Neb.)
ISBN : LOC:00139387314
Considers S. 1481, to establish the Agate Fossil Beds National Monument in Nebraska.
Author : Richard W. Slatta
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 475 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2001-11-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781576075883
This cultural journey down memory lane showcases how major Western figures, events, and places have been portrayed in folk legends, art, literature, and popular culture. Ever since the days of the 49ers and George Armstrong Custer, the Old West has been America's most potent source of legend. But it is sometimes hard to separate fact from fiction. Did you know, for example, that Annie Oakley was a talented marksman who shot an estimated 40,000 rounds per year while practicing and performing for Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show in the late l800s? Or that many interpreters believe that The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is not just a fairy tale, but also a Populist allegory? These are just two of the folk legends dissected and examined in this veritable cultural geography. The volume covers everything from billionaire Howard Hughes and composer Aaron Copeland to Aztlan (the legendary first city of the Aztecs) and Area 51, the top-secret U.S. Air Force base at Groom Lake, Nevada, that has fascinated UFO and conspiracy buffs.
Author : Paula vW. Dáil
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2015-03-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780786474813
Despite living hard, endlessly challenging lives, the rural poor remain tirelessly optimistic, believing things will get better next year. As one struggling farmer explained, "Sometimes I feel like a jackass in a hailstorm--I just have to stand here and take it...but what the hell--it'll stop hailing sooner or later." The struggle to survive on the richest farmland in America has produced some of the nation's poorest people. However, rural poverty is not the same as urban poverty: the usual definitions and criteria do not always apply, the known predictors do not necessarily hold up, and again and again the rural poor save themselves because they know no one else will. This book refutes the common image of the poor as lazy slackers averse to work. In reality, fiercely independent, politically astute, hard-working men and women who possess a wide array of useful skills populate the rural heartland--and they struggle to stay afloat in small-town economies that rise and fall on the whims of remote farm policy decisions, a volatile world marketplace and Mother Nature, who is a fickle, wildly unpredictable business partner.
