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West of the River Rise of South Dakota Range Country
An Indiana man marries a Milwaukee inventor who hopes to cross the ocean in hours with an airship. John D Rockefeller visits New York after eight years. Debates on monopolies, tariffs, immigration, and education run through political and economic discourse. The Range Country in South Dakota shifts from frontier cattle to settled farms with modern stores, real estate growth, and new towns.
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Indiana
Milwaukee
John Dr. Rockefeller
New York
Missouri River
South Dakota
Lyman
Range Country
Dakota
Chamberlain