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Abandoned North Dakota : weathered by time

Title
Abandoned North Dakota : weathered by time / Zachary Hargrove.
Author
Hargrove, Zachary
Publication
  • [Charleston, South Carolina] : Arcadia Publishing by arrangement with Fonthill Media LLC, 2019.
  • ©2019

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Arcadia Publishing, publisher.
Description
112 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color); 24 cm
Summary
"What compelled those who settled North Dakota's vast prairies? Summers are characterized by heatwaves, drought, and violent thunderstorms. Winter is harsh, with crippling temperatures and surprise blizzards. North Dakota is a land of extremes, creating a unique, raw, and dangerous beauty. As the railroad industry flourished in the late 1800s, the Northern Pacific Railway quickly built its way west across the northern Dakota Territory, birthing new towns as it went. A strong advertising campaign and the promise of land attracted flocks of workers and immigrants. Business was booming, and Dakota Territory was growing. By the mid-twentieth century, new technology rendered many of the once vibrant railroad towns useless. Residents trickled out as employment prospects dwindled and once lively communities were left to decay, alone in the elements. This book is a photographic journey that documents these remains. It showcases images that tell haunting tales of another time, reminding us how illusory human permanence truly is"--Page 4 of cover
Series Statement
America through time : adding color to American history
Uniform Title
America through time
Subject
  • Ghost towns > North Dakota > Pictorial works
  • Ghost towns > North Dakota > History
  • Ghost towns
  • North Dakota > Pictorial works
  • North Dakota > History
  • North Dakota > History, Local > Pictorial works
  • North Dakota
Genre/Form
  • History.
  • Illustrated works.
  • Pictorial works.
  • Local history.
Contents
Where the West begins: the Missouri Plateau -- The Missouri Coteau -- The Bakken -- The Badlands of the Bakken -- The Turtle Mountains -- The Drift Prairie: a prairie full of potholes.
ISBN
  • 9781634991971
  • 1634991974
LCCN
2019462211
OCLC
  • on1111391687
  • SCSB-14378473
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library