Monthly Archives: June 2012

Prairie Churches

              Preservation North Dakota recently published the results of a multi-year statewide project: Prairie Churches.  I love this project (and learned some critical lessons).  Get your copy here:  http://www.prairieplaces.org/merchandise/.  Here is a quick, stream-of-consciousness … Continue reading

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That’s No Failed Homestead, or Finding the Voices of Those Who Left

Tom Isern, University Distinguished Professor at North Dakota State University, recently spoke about the Ashley Jewish Cemetery in McIntosh County (ND), and challenged one of the prevailing myths of abandoned homesteads—the homesteaders failed. You can read or listen to the … Continue reading

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