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| Title | "When We First Come Here It All Looked Like Prairie Land Almost": Prairie Fire and Plains Settlement |
| Abstract | The abstract to this article reads: "For centuries prairie fire was a formative environmental force on the Great Plains. In the nineteenth-century, however, Euro-Americans brought to the region dramatically different settlement practices. In an effort to 'civilize' the Plains, settlers attempted to suppress the unique fires that so frequently swept the land. Even so, prairie fire, through its symbolism and its absence, continues as a force on the Great Plains today." Includes footnotes and photographs. |
| Author | Julie Courtwright
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| Date | Summer 2007 |
| Source | Western Historical Quarterly |
| Location | Periodical |
| Publisher | Utah State University for Western History Association |
| Volume | 38 |
| Number | 2 |
| Page | 157-179 |
| Subject | Grassland fires
Pioneers
Frontier & pioneer life
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| Local Subject | Great Plains
Prairie Grass
Prairies
Fires
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| Illustrations | Yes |
| Item Type | Magazine article
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| Language | English |
| Access This Item | This document is not available online. You may come to the Missouri Valley Room to view it or request a photocopy from the Library's Document Delivery service. http://www.kclibrary.org/copy-requests |
| Item ID | 217278 |
| CONTENTdm number | 36777 |
