NEBRASKA MONTANA NORTH & SOUTH DAKOTA
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Unless otherwise indicated, all books in this list are in sound, usable condition ("very good"), in the original cloth binding and are 8vo. (approximately 6" X 9" in size.) Most are not new; however, previous owners' names, bookplates, stamps and other marks of ownership are not noted unless such markings are disfiguring. Bindings on older books will usually show normal signs of wear and use relative to the age of the book. Excessive wear or damage is noted in the description. Books whose condition is above average are also noted.
311022
Land Systems and Land Policies in
Nebraska: A History of Nebraska Land Public Domain and Private Property, Its
titles, transfers, ownership, legislation, administration, prices, values,
productions, uses, social changes, comparisons . . . To 1936, by
Sheldon, Addison E. Published by Nebraska State Historical Society, Lincoln, NE,
1936. Index, illus., photos, maps, maroon cloth (light
soil), 8vo., 383 pp. VG condition. Vol. 22 of the
society's publications. $35.00
311023
Family, Church, and Market: A Mennonite
Community in the Old and the New Worlds, 1850-1930, by Loewen, Royden K.
Published by University of Illinois Press, Urbana, 1993. 1st edition. Index,
biblio., notes, photos, maps, softcover, 8vo., 370 pp. VG condition.
One of the Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island
Foundation Centennial Series. The story of a small, Mennonite group that
migrated from Russia to North America in 1874.
This group, the Mennonite "Kleine Gemeinde", settled in the
vicinity of present-day Steinbach, Manitoba and Janse, Nebraska. $15.00
311024
Bad Men and Bad Towns, by Lee, Wayne
C. Author-published, no place, 1993. Index, illus.,
photos., softcover (light wear, upper corner bumped), 4to., 180 pp. VG
condition. More than 90 stories from the small towns of
Nebraska: Early Nebraska and the trouble between newcomers and natives;
territorial days 1854-1867; early statehood 1867-1900; and the first quarter of
the 20th century. $17.50
211074 History of Richardson County Nebraska, Its people, Industries and Institutions: Volume II, by Edwards, Lewis C. No publisher, no date. Reprint edition. Photos, black cloth, 8vo., 754-1416 pp. Owner's stamp and red ink marks inside cover, red ink marks inside, front cover warped. This volume contains only biographical sketches, about 300 in all. A mimeograph copy of "1890 Special Census, Richardson County, Nebraska" is laid in. The census is a list of veterans with name, rank, regiment and dates of service. $50.00
906680, Barns,
Cass G., The Sod House, University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, 1970, 287
pp., Reprint, 8vo., Index, photos., softcover, VG condition. Discusses the life
in pioneer settlements in the state between 1867 and 1897.
$10.00
906387, Creigh, Dorothy Weyer, Nebraska: A History, Norton, New York, 1977, 220 pp., 8vo., illus, biblio, index, cloth, dj., VG condition. One of the 'States and the Nation' series produced jointly with the American Association for State and Local History. $20.00
512017 Fort Union and Its Neighbors on the Upper Missouri: A Chronological Record of Events [1829-1868], by Frank B. Harper. Published by The Shorey Book Store, Seattle, WA in 1975. Facsimile reprint, originally published by the Great Northern Railway, publication date not stated. Biblio., photos, softcover, 8vo., 36 pp. Previous owner’s name in ink and remains of a sticker on title page. Ink marks and soiling inside rear cover. In April of 1805 Lewis and Clark noted that the site where the Yellowstone flows into the Missouri would be excellent for a trading post. Fort Union was built near the confluence in 1829 and quickly became the top fur trading post on the upper river. $10.00
612131 The Prairie People: Forgotten Anabaptists, by Rod Janzen. Published by University Press of New England, Hanover, NH in 1999. Index, biblio., notes, glossary, photos, maps, tables, softcovers, 8vo., as-new condition, 326 pp. The first, and probably definitive, history of the German-speaking Prairieleut Hutterites who emigrated from the Ukraine in the late 19th century and settled on the South Dakota plains. The principal Hutterite surnames in the area include: Mendel, Pollman, Stahl, Walther, Wipf, Wollman, Gross, Tschetter, Glanzer, Hofer, Kleinsasser, Mueller, Waldner, Wurtz, Decker, Entz, Janzen, Knels and Fast. $20.00
602041M History of the Methodist Church in North Dakota and Dakota Territory, edited by C.A. Armstrong. Published by Parthenon Press, Nashville, TN 1960. Index, illus., photos, green cloth (edges worn), 8vo., 256 pp. Water stains on lower part of pages; ink notation and stamp on fep. In addition to the history, there are numerous biographical sketches of church leaders from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, fascinating photos and a list of nearly 1100 individuals who have been members of the North Dakota Conference. $30.00
601009 The Career of the Marquis de Mores in the Badlands of North Dakota, by Arnold O. Goplen. Published by the State Historical Society, Bismark ,ND, 1994. Biblio., photos, endnotes, softcover (rear corner bent), square 8vo., v+55 pp. VG condition. The Chateau de Mores is now a State Historical Site in Medora, ND. The story of the French nobleman who founded the cattle town of Medora in the badlands of North Dakota. $15.00
601008 Aristocracy on the Western Frontier: The Legacy of the Marquis de Mores, edited by Virginia Heidenreich-Barber. Published by the State Historical Society, Bismark ,ND, 1994. Photos, endnotes, softcover, square 8vo., iv+57 pp. VG condition. The Chateau de Mores is now a State Historical Site in Medora, ND. A companion piece to the book by Arnold Goplen above. Includes chapters on the Riley Luffsey murder case and the de Mores “Chateau” and other Medora construction projects. $15.00
108229 Bethlehem Evangelical Free Church, Cooperstown, North Dakota, 1922-1972. 1972. Photos., 8vo., 20 pp. $5.00
202002 [South Dakota] After the West was Won. Homesteaders and Town-Builders in Western South Dakota, 1900-1917, by Paula M. Nelson. Published by the University of Iowa Press, Iowa City, 1986, 1st ed. Index, Biblio., photos., maps, hard covers, 8vo., dj., 220 pp. $22.50
910074 [South Dakota] Mount Moriah "Kill a Man, Start a Cemetery", by Helen Rezatto. Published by the North Palins Press, Aberdenn, SD, 1984, 4th printing. Index, biblio., illus., photos, maps, 8vo., softcovers, 260 pp. Vignettes of pioneers, notables, and the "Big Four". Walking Tour guide to Mount Moriah Cemetery showing plots of noteworthy people highlighted is laid in. $15.00