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Selina DeJong Builds a Farm Empire and Dirk's Future
Selina DeJong drives a transforming journey from a worn farm to a thriving High Prairie vegetable operation. Aug Hempel funds start-up needs with an IOU and later becomes a bank head as Dirk enters Midwest University in 1909 seeking a path beyond the Haymarket, amid family debates on work, study, and wealth.
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South Water Street Commission
Dirk
Ufe
Aug Hempel
Selina
Julie
Beauty
Miss Fister
Michael Arnold
Eugene
August Hempel
Rip van Winkle
Uipen
Duffy
Yards & Ranger’s Bank
Pervus
Infanta Eulalie
Spain
Julie Hempel
DeJong
North Clark Street
High Prairie
Jan
Klaas Pool
Raelf
Pols
France
Seine
Roelf Pool
Roelf
Cornell
Harvard
Boston Tech
Midwest University
Dirk DeJong
Wisconsin
Madison
Schwengauer
Mattie Schwengauer
Ioan
Iowa
Ioway
Emma
Chicago