Examines the values we like to think were at work during the founding of America\'s western states.
Illustrations: 12 black & white illustrations, 3 maps.
Taking Dakota Territory as a laboratory for examining a formative stage of western politics, Jon Lauck finds that settlers from New England and the Midwest invoked democratic practices as guiding principles in the drive for South Dakota statehood.
Examines the values we like to think were at work during the founding of America\'s western states