Bibliography of Agricultural and Rural Life Literature 1860-1945: North Dakota

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1889, The Territory of Dakota : The State of North Dakota : the State of South Dakota : an Official Statistical, Historical and Political Abstract, Agricultural, Mineral, Commercial, Manufacturing, Educational, Social, and General Statements. Pub. by Frank Hagerty, Commissioner of Immigration and Ex-Officio Territorial Statistician, Aberdeen, S.D. Aberdeen, S.D.: Daily News Print, 1889.
Keywords: North Dakota./ South Dakota./ Dakota Territory.
Notes: The state of North Dakota and The state of South Dakota have special title-pages and paging.
1889. The state of North Dakota ... issued also separately.
1889. The state of South Dakota ... issued also separately.
Reproduction: Microfilm. New Haven, Conn. : Research Publications, 1975. 1 reel ; 35 mm. (Western Americana ; Reel 505, no. 5042)

A Brief History of Dakota, the Wonderland! Including Sketches of Huron, St. Lawrence, the Soil, the Crops, Official Weather Report, and a Revised Synopsis of the United States Land Laws. Huron, Dakota, The Huronite Steam Publishing House, 1882.
Keywords: Public lands -- United States -- Law and legislation/ Dakota Territory -- Description and travel
Reproduction: Microfilm. New Haven, Conn. : Research Publications, 1975. -- 1 reel ; 35 mm. -- (Western Americana : frontier history of the Trans-Mississippi West, 1550-1900 ; reel 68, no. 679)

The Climate, Soil and Resources of the Yellowstone Valley : With an Accurate Map of the Yellowstone Country, and Description of the Principal Towns and Settlements on the Line of the Northern Pacific Railroad Between the Missouri River and the Eastern Base of the Rocky Mountains : to Which Is Appended a Description of the Country Between the Missouri River at Bismarck and the Yellowstone River at Glendive. St. Paul : Pioneer Press Co., 1882.
Keywords: Northern Pacific Railroad Company./ Yellowstone River Valley -- Description and travel./ North Dakota -- Description and travel.
Notes: Added Title: The Yellowstone Valley in the territory of Montana.

Description of Wanotan and Antelope Lake Ranches, Dakota Territory, U.S.A. Philadelphia: Press of George H. Buchanan and Company, [1889].
Keywords: Draft horses--Dakota Territory./ Agriculture--Dakota Territory./ Dakota Territory--Description and travel.

Grants of Land, &c., by Congress : and Charter of the St. Paul & Pacific and of the First Division of the St. Paul & Pacific Railroad Companies : General Railroad Laws of Minnesota and of the Territory of Dakota. Saint Paul : Office of the Pioneer Press Co., 1879.
Keywords: Saint Paul and Pacific Railroad Company./ Saint Paul and Pacific Railroad Company. First Division./ Railroad law -- United States./ Railroad law -- Minnesota./ Railroad land grants -- Minnesota./ Railroad law -- Dakota Territory.

A Guide to the Choicest Farming Lands in the Northwest, Situated in Southern Minnesota and Eastern Dakota, and for Sale by the Winona & St. Peter Railroad Co. ...Chas. E. Simmons, Land Commissioner, Gen'l Offices C.&N.-W. R'y, Chicago... Chicago: C.N. Trivess, Printer, [1883?].
Keywords: Minnesota--Agriculture./ Dakota Territory--Agriculture./ Minnesota--Description and travel./ Dakota Territory--Description and travel.

Historical Scenic Views and Badlands of North Dakota. Bismarck, N.D.: Immigration Commission, 1926.
Keywords: North Dakota--Description and travel--Views.
Reproduction: Microfilm. Bethlehem, PA : Preservation Resources, 2001.  35 mm (USAIN State and Local Literature Preservation Project. North Dakota. Reel 19)

North Dakota: Special Edition of The Herald, Grand Forks : Red River Valley Facts. Grand Forks, N.D.: The Herald, 1892.
Keywords: Red River Valley (Minn. and N.D.-Man.)--Description and travel./ North Dakota--Description and travel
Notes: Reproduction: Microfilm. Wooster, Ohio : Bell & Howell. microfilm reels ; 35 mm.

Own a Home in Logan County, North Dakota. [s.l. : s.n.,  1923?] (Grand Forks, N.D. : Normanden Pub. Co.).
Keywords: Agriculture -- North Dakota -- Logan County./ Logan County (N.D.) -- Description and travel.
Reproduction: Microfilm. Bethlehem, PA : Preservation Resources, 2001.  35 mm (USAIN State and Local Literature Preservation Project. North Dakota. Reel 16)

Pembina, Dakota Territory : the Pioneer City of the Red River Valley and Her Industries. Chicago, Ill. : Steen & Boyce, 1882.
Keywords: Pembina (N.D.) -- History./ Pembina (N.D.) -- Biography./ Pembina (N.D.) -- Economic conditions./ North Dakota -- History, Local./ North Dakota -- Biography.

Pictorial Souvenir of Mandan, North Dakota. Mandan, N.D.: Cummins Thorberg Theis Co., 1906.
Keywords: Community development -- North Dakota -- Mandan.

The Red River Valley : the Country of Number One Hard, the Land of Farmer Emperors and Princes, the Region of Universal Prosperity. Fargo, D.T. : Morton and Company,  1883.
Keywords: North Dakota -- Description and travel./ Red River Valley (Minn. and N.D. -- Man.).
Notes: Title on cover: Morton's Red River Valley.
Reproduction: Microfilm. Bethlehem, PA : Preservation Resources, 2001. 35 mm (USAIN State and Local Literature Preservation Project. North Dakota. Reel 28)

The Red River Valley Wheat Fields. Saint Paul, MN: 1891.
Keywords: North Dakota -- Description and travel/ Agriculture--Red River Valley

Stutsman County, North Dakota in the James River Valley. Jamestown [N.D.]: Hansen Brothers, [1925].
Keywords: Agriculture--North Dakota--Stutsman County./ Stutsman County (N.D.)--Description and travel./ Jamestown (N.D.)--Description and travel.
Reproduction: Microfilm. Bethlehem, PA : Preservation Resources, 2001.  35 mm (USAIN State and Local Literature Preservation Project. North Dakota. Reel 15)

Western North Dakota: Holds for Homeseekers .[S.l.] : Northern Pacific Railway, 1911.
Keywords: North Dakota -- Description and travel

Western Wealth. Chicago: Poole Bros., Railway Printers, [1888?].
Keywords: Agriculture--Dakota Territory.

Acker, Iver Andrew. Effects of Immigration.
Keywords: Emigration and immigration.
Notes: Thesis (M.A.)--University of North Dakota, 1910.

Andrews, Christopher Columbus. Minnesota and Dacotah: in Letters Descriptive of a Tour Through the North-West, in the Autumn of 1856. With Information Relative to Public Lands, and a Table of Statistics. Washington,  R. Farnham, 1857.
Keywords: Dakota Territory -- Description and travel./ Minnesota -- Description and travel.
Reproduction: Facsimile reprint : Higginson Book Company, [1999?]. 
Reproduction: Microfilm. New Haven, Conn. : Research Publications, 1975. 1 reel ; 35 mm. (Western Americana : frontier history of the Trans-Mississippi West, 1550-1900 ; reel 11, no. 169);
Reproduction: Microfiche. Chicago : Library Resources, Inc., 1970. 1 microfiche ; 8 x 13 cm. (Library of American civilization ; LAC 13128)

Armstrong, Moses Kimball. Dakota Territory: Information for Persons Who Propose to Come West. Yankton, DT: Land and title office of M.K. Armstrong, 1869.
Keywords: Dakota Territory -- Description and travel

Chicago and North Western Railway Company.  The Early History and Rapid Progress of That Wonderland, Central Dakota. [Chicago,  Poole bros., 1883].
Keywords: Dakota Territory -- Description and travel
Reproduction: Microfilm. New Haven, Conn. : Research Publications, 1975. -- 1 reel ; 35 mm. -- (Western Americana : frontier history of the Trans-Mississippi West, 1550-1900 ; reel 106, no. 1127)

________. The North and West Illustrated for Tourist, Business and Pleasure Travel. The Pleasure and Business Resorts of California, Nevada, Idaho, Montana, Utah, Wyoming, Colorado, Nebraska, Dakota, Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin, Northern Michigan and Minnesota. A Guide to the Lakes and Rivers ... and Hints for the Commercial Traveler, the Land Hunter and the Emigrant. Chicago, Ill., Chicago and North-Western Railway co. [1881].
Keywords: United States -- West -- Guide-books, 1881.
Notes: Microfilm. New Haven, Conn. : Research Publications, 1975.--  1 reel ; 35 mm. -- (Western Americana : frontier history of the Trans-Mississippi West, 1550-1900 ; reel 106,no. 1131)

Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railway Company. The Land of Promise:  Dakota; How to Go and What to Do When You Get There ... Milwaukee : Sentinel Co., printers, [1882?].
Keywords: Dakota Territory -- Description and travel
Reproduction: Microfilm. New Haven, Conn. : Research Publications, 1975. -- 1 reel ; 35 mm. -- (Western Americana : frontier history of the Trans-Mississippi West, 1550-1900 ; reel 106, no. 1141)

________. Plain Facts About Dakota;  Its Fertile Lands, Its Wonderful Crops, and Its Inexhaustible Resources. Milwaukee, Cramer, Aikens, & Cramer, printers,  1887.
Keywords: Dakota (Territory) -- Description and travel.
Notes: Comprises copies of letters from farmers and others living in Dakota.
Reproduction: Microfilm. New Haven, Conn. : Research Publications, 1975. -- 1 reel ; 35 mm. -- (Western Americana : frontier history of the Trans-Mississippi West, 1550-1900 ; reel 106, no. 1142)

________. United States of America, the People's Guide to Dakota :  the Land of Promise, How to Go and What to Do When You Get There. [United States] : The Railway, [between 1883 and 1889] (Milwaukee, Wisc. : King, Lawton & Fowle).
Keywords: Dakota Territory -- Description and travel.
Reproduction: Microfilm. New Haven, Conn..: Research Publications, 1975. 1reel ; 35 mm. (Western Americana : frontier history of the Trans-Mississippi West, 1550-1900 ; reel 106, no. 1141)

Cross, Fred J. Dakota Territory As It Is. Sioux Falls, Dakota Territory,  M'Donald & Sherman, 1875.
Keywords: Dakota Territory -- Description and travel
Reproduction: Microfilm. New Haven, Conn. : Research Publications, 1975. -- 1 reel ; 35 mm. -- (Western Americana : frontier history of the Trans-Mississippi West, 1550-1900 ; reel 131, no. 1440)

Dakota Territory. Commissioner of Immigration. Facts About Dakota : Official Bulletin of the Commissioner of Immigration for the Territory of Dakota,  January, 1887 ; a Budget of Useful Information for Homeseekers and Others. Bismarck, DT: Dept. of Immigration and Statistics, 1887.
Keywords: Dakota Territory -- Description and travel. / Dakota Territory -- Emigration and immigration

________. Resources of Dakota : an Official Publication Compiled by the Commissioner of Immigration, Under Authority Granted by the Territorial Legislature, Containing Descriptive Statements and General Information Relating to the Soil, Climate, Productions... The Vacant Public Lands and How to Obtain Them... Pierre, D.T. : Territory of Dakota, Dept. of Immigration and Statistics,  1887 (Sioux Falls, Dak. : Argus Leader Co.).
Keywords: Agriculture -- Dakota Territory./ Dakota Territory -- Economic conditions./ Dakota Territory -- Public lands./ Dakota Territory -- Description and travel.
Reproduction: Microfiche. Bismarck, N.D. : North Dakota Office of Management and Budget, 1993. 6 microfiches : negative ; 11 x 15 cm.;
Reproduction: Microfilm. Western Americana, frontier history of the trans-Mississippi West, 1550-1900 reel 140, no. 1480.
Reproduction: Microfilm. [Cambridge, Mass.] : Harvard University Library Microreproduction Service, [198-]. 1 microfilm reel : negative ; 4 in., 35 mm.

Dakota Territory. Office of Commissioner of Immigration. The Free Lands of Dakota With a Description of the Country; the Climate; the Beautiful Valleys, and Ocean-Like Prairies; the Crops; the Land Laws, and the Inducements Offered to Immigrants. By Fred J. Cross, Territorial Superintendent of Immigration ... Yankton, Dakota, Bowen & Kingsbury, printers, 1876.
Keywords: Dakota Territory -- Description and travel./ Land, Public -- United States -- Dakota (Territory) / Dakota (Territory) -- Immigrant guides, etc.
Reproduction: Microfilm. New Haven, Conn. : Research Publications, 1975. -- 1 reel ; 35 mm. -- (Western Americana : frontier history of the Trans-Mississippi West, 1550-1900 ; reel 140, no. 1484)

Donan, Patrick. North Dakota, the Lake-Gemmed, Breeze-Swept Empire of the New Northwest : Homes for the Homeless. Chicago, Ill. :  C. R. Brodix, 1883.
Keywords: North Dakota -- Description and travel.
Notes: At head of title: The land of golden grain.
Reproduction: Microfilm. New Haven, Conn. : Research Publications, 1975.-- 1 reel ; 35 mm. -- (Western Americana : frontier history of the Trans-Mississippi West, 1550-1900 ; reel 157,no. 1673)

Fargo, North Dakota. Board of Trade. Green Pastures and Vast Wheat Fields : a Sketch, Historical, Descriptive and Statistical. Fargo, DT: Republican Steam Printing House, 1888.
Keywords: Fargo, North Dakota -- History./ Cass County, North Dakota -- History.
Notes: Added Title: County of Cass and the city of Fargo, 1888.
Reproduction: Reprint. A Box Elder Bug Press reprint, 1988:
Reproduction: Microfilm. Bethlehem, PA : Preservation Resources, 2001. 35 mm (USAIN State and Local Literature Preservation Project. North Dakota. Reel 16)

Foster, James S. Advantages of Dakota Territory; a Hand Book of Dakota Territory, Embracing Information for Persons Desiring a Home in the West. Yankton, Dakota, Stone & Kingbury, Printers, 1873.
Keywords: Dakota Territory -- Description and travel./ Dakota Territory -- History.
Reproduction: Microfilm. Bethlehem, PA : Preservation Resources, 2001. 35 mm (USAIN State and Local Literature Preservation Project. North Dakota. Reel 28)

________. Outlines of History of the Territory of Dakota, and Emigrant's Guide to the Free Lands of the Northwest. Accompanied With a New Sectional Map. Yankton, Dakota Territory,  M'Intyre & Foster, printers, Union and Dakotian office, 1870.
Keywords: Dakota Territory. -- History/ Dakota Territory. -- Description and travel
Reproduction: Microfilm. New Haven, Conn. : Research Publications, 1975. -- 1 reel ; 35 mm. -- (Western Americana : frontier history of the Trans-Mississippi West, 1550-1900 ; reel 197, no. 2025)
Reproduction: Reprint. Freeport, N.Y., Books for Libraries Press [1971]; [Pierre, S.D., Hipple Print. Co.] 1928.

Gifford, William E. Souvenir Album, City of Grand Forks, North Dakota.  A Pictorial and Prose Description of Wheat City, the Metropolis of North Dakota. [Grand Forks, N. D.]: Ladies' Aid Society of the First M. E. Church, [1897?].
Keywords: Grand Forks (N.D.)

Gilbreath, W. C. North Dakota and Her Magnificent Resources : What Twenty-One Years Has Accomplished for This Thriving and Progressive State. Bismarck, N.D. :  Tribune Print, [1912?].
Keywords: Agriculture -- North Dakota./ North Dakota -- Economic conditions.
Reproduction: Microfilm. Bethlehem, PA : Preservation Resources, 2001.  35 mm (USAIN State and Local Literature Preservation Project. North Dakota. Reel 23)

________. North Dakota and Her Magnificent Resources : What Twenty-Three Years Has Accomplished for This Thriving and Progressive State. Bismarck, N.D. : Commissioner of Agriculture, [1914?].
Keywords: Agriculture -- North Dakota./ North Dakota -- Economic conditions.
Reproduction: Microfilm. Bethlehem, PA : Preservation Resources, 2001.  35 mm (USAIN State and Local Literature Preservation Project. North Dakota. Reel 23)

________. North Dakota and Her Magnificent Resources : What Twenty-Two Years Has Accomplished for This Thriving and Progressive State. Bismarck, N.D. : Commissioner of Agriculture, [1913?] (Bismarck Tribune).
Keywords: Agriculture -- North Dakota./ North Dakota -- Economic conditions.
Reproduction: Microfilm. New York, N.Y. : New York Public Library,  19--. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. Master microform held by: NN.
Reproduction: Microfilm. Bethlehem, PA : Preservation Resources, 2001. 35 mm (USAIN State and Local Literature Preservation Project. North Dakota. Reel 23)

Great Northern Railway Company. An Atlas of the Northwest. Buffalo, N.Y. :Matthews-Northrup,[1895?].
Keywords: Northwestern States--Maps./ Minnesota--Economic conditions./ North Dakota--Economic conditions./ South Dakota--Economic conditions./ Montana--Economic conditions./ Washington--Economic conditions.

________. North Dakota. [Saint Paul, Minn. : Great Northern Railway, 1903?] (Chicago: Rogers & Smith Co., printers and engravers).
Keywords: Agriculture--North Dakota./ Land settlement--North Dakota./ North Dakota--Description and travel./ North Dakota--Economic conditions.

________. North Dakota. St. Paul, Minn. : Great Northern Railway, [1933?].
Keywords: Agriculture -- North Dakota.
Reproduction: Microfilm. Bethlehem, PA : Preservation Resources, 2001.  35 mm (USAIN State and Local Literature Preservation Project. North Dakota. Reel 19)

________. North Dakota, Where Wheat Is King. [St. Paul] : The Company, [1911].
Keywords: Agriculture -- North Dakota./ North Dakota -- Description and travel.
Reproduction: Microfilm. Bethlehem, PA : Preservation Resources, 2001.  35 mm (USAIN State and Local Literature Preservation Project. North Dakota. Reel 19)

________. Zone of Plenty : Minnesota, North Dakota, Montana, Washington, Oregon, Idaho. [St. Paul, Minn : Great Northern Railway, 192-?].
Keywords: Agriculture--Minnesota./ Agriculture--North Dakota/ Agriculture--Montana./ Agriculture--Washington (State)/ Agriculture--Oregon./ Agriculture--Idaho.

Holt, O. H. Dakota : Behold I Show You a Delightsome Land. Chicago :  Rand, McNally & co., printers,  1885.
Keywords: Dakota Territory -- Description and travel.
Reproduction: Reprint: Rapid City, S.D. : Roy Ann Enterprises, [1988?]

Hurd, T. I. The Soo-Pacific Country :a Description of the Agricultural Resources of Those Parts of Minnesota and North Dakota Traversed by the Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Ry. [S.l. : s.n.]: 1895.
Keywords: Agriculture -- North Dakota.
Reproduction: Microfilm. Bethlehem, PA : Preservation Resources, 2001.  35 mm (USAIN State and Local Literature Preservation Project. North Dakota. Reel 15)

Jaeger, Luth. Red River Valley Views. Fargo, N.D. : Hans Jervell Publishing Co., [1915?].
Keywords: Hjelm-Hansen, Paul, 1810-1881./ Norwegian Americans -- North Dakota./ Red River Valley (Minn. and N.D.-Man.) -- Discovery and exploration./ Red River Valley (Minn. and N.D.-Man.) -- Pictorial works.
Notes: Text is biographical article, in Norwegian with English translation, on Paul Hjelm-Hansen.
Reproduction: Microfilm. Bethlehem, PA : Preservation Resources, 2001. 35 mm (USAIN State and Local Literature Preservation Project. North Dakota. Reel 19)

Klein-Johnson Company. Grasp This Opportunity in North Dakota. Washburn, N.D. : The Company, [1915?].
Keywords: Real estate business -- North Dakota -- McLean County./ Migration, Internal -- North Dakota -- McLean County./ Land settlement -- North Dakota -- McLean County./ Land companies -- North Dakota -- Washburn./ McLean County (N.D.) -- Economic conditions./ McLean County (N.D.) -- Description and travel.
Reproduction: Microfilm. Bethlehem, PA : Preservation Resources, 2001.  35 mm (USAIN State and Local Literature Preservation Project. North Dakota. Reel 19)

________. The Klein Johnson Company. Washburn, N. D. : The Company: 1914.
Keywords: Agriculture -- North Dakota./ Land companies -- North Dakota

Kreiselmaier, Walter F. Immigration in the United States and North Dakota Preparatory to Farming As Farm Laborers, Tenants, and Owners. 1927.
Keywords: Agricultural laborers -- North Dakota -- History./ North Dakota -- Emigration and immigration -- History./ United States -- Emigration and immigration -- History.
Notes: Thesis (M.S.)--Dept. of Agricultural Economics, North Dakota Agricultural College, 1927.
Reproduction: Microfilm. Bethlehem, PA : Preservation Resources, 2001. 35 mm (USAIN State and Local Literature Preservation Project. North Dakota. Reel 6)

Lake Region Development Association (N.D.). Lake Region, North Dakota. Cando, N.D.: Lake Region Development Association, 1915.
Keywords: Agriculture -- North Dakota.
Reproduction: Microfilm. Bethlehem, PA : Preservation Resources, 2001.  35 mm (USAIN State and Local Literature Preservation Project. North Dakota. Reel 15)

M. Sigbert Awes Co. North Dakota Farms. Minneapolis, Minn. :  The Company, [1914].
Keywords: Agriculture -- North Dakota./ North Dakota -- Description and travel./ North Dakota -- Economic conditions.

Medlem af Chicago press. Norra Pacifik-Jernv_Agen , Af En Medlem Af Chicago Press. Chicago: Rand, McNally, 1882.
Keywords: West (U.S.)--Description and travel/ Minnesota--Description and travel./ Minnesota--Emigration and immigration--Handbooks, manuals, etc./ North Dakota--Description and travel./ North Dakota--Emigration and immigration--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Notes: Added Title: Stora Northern Pacific jernv_agen ... .

Mickelson, Siegfried. Promotional Activities of the Northern Pacific Land and Immigration Department, 1870-1902; a Case Study of Commercial Propaganda in the Nineteenth Century. Minneapolis, MN: 1940.
Keywords: Railroads -- United States -- History. / Emigration and immigration -- United States. / Northern Pacific Railway Company -- History.
Notes: Thesis (M.A.)--University of Minnesota

Miller, A. P. Tom's Experience in Dakota: Why He Went; What He Did There; What Crops He Raised, and How He Raised Them; What They Cost Him, and What He Received for Them ... With Practical Information for All Classes of People Who Want Homes in the West ... Minneapolis, Minn.: C. D. Whitall & Co., 1883.
Keywords: Agriculture -- Dakota./ Dakota Territory. -- Description and travel
Notes: Written in the first person, as if by Thomas Taylor.
Reproduction: Microfilm. New Haven, Conn. : Research Publications, 1975. 1 reel. 35 mm. (Western Americana ; Reel 370, no. 3629)

North Dakota. Board of Immigration. Lands for Sale in North Dakota : Listed With the State Board of Immigration. Bismarck, N.D. :  The Board, [1913 or 1914].
Keywords: Real property -- North Dakota./ Farms -- North Dakota./ Migration, Internal -- North Dakota./ Land settlement -- North Dakota./ North Dakota -- Emigration and immigration.
Reproduction: Microfilm. New York, N.Y.: New York Public Library, 19--.

North Dakota. Board of World's Fair Managers. North Dakota, the Golden Wheat State. Chicago: Corbitt-Skidmore Co., 1893.
Keywords: North Dakota--Description and travel.
Reproduction: Microfilm. Bethlehem, PA : Preservation Resources, 2001.  35 mm (USAIN State and Local Literature Preservation Project. North Dakota. Reel 15)

North Dakota. Dept. of Agriculture and Labor. North Dakota, a Few Facts Concerning Its Resources and Advantages: Wheat and Small Grains, Corn, and Native Grasses, Livestock and Grazing, Coal and Dairying Industries; a Land of Prolific Products and Prosperous People. Bismarck, N.D. : Tribune, State Printers and Binders, 1892.
Keywords: Natural resources -- North Dakota./ Crop yields -- North Dakota -- Statistics.

North Dakota Immigration Society. Proceedings of the ... Annual Meeting of the North Dakota Immigration Society. Bismarck, N.D.: 1906.
Keywords: North Dakota--Emigration and immigration.
Notes: 1st only published???
Reproduction: Microfilm. Bethlehem, PA : Preservation Resources, 2001. 35 mm (USAIN State and Local Literature Preservation Project. North Dakota. Reel 18)

North Dakota. Pan-American Exposition Commission. Glimpses of North Dakota. [United States] : The Commission, 1901 (Buffalo, N.Y. :Engraved).
Keywords: North Dakota--Description and travel--Views.
Reproduction: Microfilm. Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Institution Libraries,  1999. item 2 of 6 items on 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

North Dakota. State Board for University and School Lands. Buy Now for Security, Own Your Own Farm.[Bismarck, N.D. : The Dept.], 1941.
Keywords: Agriculture -- Economic aspects -- North Dakota.

Northern Pacific Railroad Company. European Agency. New Homes in Minnesota, Northern Dakota, Montana and the Yellowstone. Liverpool : European Agency of the Northern Pacific Railroad.
Keywords: Minnesota--Description and travel./ Montana--Description and travel./ Washington (State)--Description and travel./ North Dakota--Description and travel./ Yellowstone River Valley--Description and travel.
Notes: Added Title: Granary and the grazing-ground of the United States.

Northern Pacific Railroad Company. Land Committee. Land Committee's Report, January 4th, 1887. [S.l.] :  The Company, 1887.
Keywords: Railroad land grants -- North Dakota./ Railroad land grants -- Montana./ Railroad land grants -- Washington (State)./ Coal mines and mining -- North Dakota./ Coal mines and mining -- Montana./ Coal mines and mining -- Washington (State).

Northern Pacific Railway Company. Come to North Dakota Because History Repeats Itself. [St. Paul, Minn.]: [The Company], 1925.
Keywords: North Dakota--description and travel
Reproduction: Microfilm. Bethlehem, PA : Preservation Resources, 2001.  35 mm (USAIN State and Local Literature Preservation Project. North Dakota. Reel 19)

________. North Dakota. [St. Paul] : The Company, [1914?].
Keywords: Agriculture -- North Dakota./ North Dakota -- Description and travel/ North Dakota -- Economic conditions.

________. Progress Made by the Farmers in Eddy, Foster, Griggs, LaMoure, McLean, Stutsman and Wells Counties. St. Paul, Minn. : The Company, 1900.
Keywords: Agriculture--North Dakota
Notes: Reproduction: Microfilm. Bethlehem, PA : Preservation Resources, 2001. 35 mm (USAIN State and Local Literature Preservation Project. North Dakota. Reel 15)

________. Successful Central and Western North Dakota. St. Paul, MN: Northern Pacific Railroad Co., 1905.
Keywords: North Dakota -- Description and travel

________. Western North Dakota : Being a Description of a Land of Great Promise and the Opportunities It Holds for Homesteaders. [S.l.] :  Northern Pacific Railway,  1910.
Keywords: North Dakota -- Description and travel.

________. What Settlers Say Over Their Own Signatures About Central North Dakota. [St. Paul, Minn.? : Northern Pacific Railway?, 1899?].
Keywords: North Dakota--Description and travel./ North Dakota--emigration and immigration.

Peterson, O. T. The Prosperous Sheyenne Colonies; the Land Where the Dollars Grow. Sheyenne, N.D.: [1906?].
Keywords: Scandinavian Americans -- North Dakota -- Sheyenne./ Sheyenne (N.D.).

Quigg, Lemuel E. Opportunities for Settlers in Dakota, Along the Lines of the Chicago and Northwestern Railway : Facts Collected by a Special Correspondent of the New-York Tribune During a Special Visit to Dakota in the Summer of 1889. New York : The Tribune, 1889.
Keywords: Dakota Territory.
Reproduction: Microfilm. New Haven, Conn. : Research Publications, 1975. -- 1 reel ; 35 mm. -- (Western Americana : frontier history of the Trans-Mississippi West, 1550-1900 ; reel 436, no. 4398)

Rachie, Elias. The Seven Rich States--the Heart of America : Whose People Should Abundantly Prosper but Do Not : Causes and Solutions. Minneapolis : Seven States Books Co.: 1929.
Keywords: Natural resources./ Northwestern states -- Economic conditions./ North Dakota -- Economic conditions.
Notes: The states included are Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota and Montana.
Reproduction: Microfilm. Atlanta, Ga. : SOLINET, 1991. 1microfilm reel ; 35 mm./ (SOLINET/ASERL Cooperative Microfilming Project (NEH PS-20317)

Shaw, Thomas. Prof. Shaw on North Dakota. [St. Paul, Minn.] :  Northern Pacific Railway, [1910].
Keywords: Agriculture -- North Dakota.
Notes: Publication no. 86B.
Reproduction: Microfilm. Bethlehem, PA : Preservation Resources, 2001. 35 mm (USAIN State and Local Literature Preservation Project. North Dakota. Reel 38)

South Dakota. Commissioner of Immigration. The Year of Statehood, 1889 :  Dakota : Official Guide, Containing Useful Information in Handy Form for Settlers and Home-Seekers, Concerning North and South Dakota. Aberdeen, Dakota : F.H. Hagerty, [1889].
Keywords: Dakota Territory.
Notes: Microfilm. New Haven, Conn. : Research Publications, 1975. 1 reel ; 35 mm. (Western Americana ; Reel 505, no. 5044)

St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway Company. Letters From Golden Latitudes. St. Paul, Minn. :  St. Paul, Minneapolis, and Manitoba Railway Company, Pioneer Press, 1885?.
Keywords: Dakota Territory -- Description and travel/ Minnesota -- Description and travel.
Notes: Promotional booklet extolling the virtues of Minnesota and the Dakotas for homesteaders.

Stewart, Catherine. New Homes in the West. Nashville: Cameron and Fall, 1843.
Keywords: Northwest, Old--Description and travel.
Reproduction: Microfilm. University Microfilms, Western Americana ; 20046, 1975
Reproduction: Facsimile. University Microfilms, March of America facsimile series no. 68, 1966

Stubbins Land and Loan Company. McHenry County and Its Opportunities : Price List of Choice Farm Lands. Granville, N.D. : Stubbins Land and Loan Co., 1916.
Keywords: Real property -- Prices -- North Dakota -- McHenry County./ McHenry County (N.D.) -- Description and travel.

Svensson, G. Amerika-Boken :Ny Och Tillf_Orlitlig R_Adgifvare F_or Emigranter :Afhandling Om Amerikas Rikaste Industri Och S_Adesland Samt Boskapsafvel Och F_Arafvel. Nyland : G. Svensson, [1892].
Keywords: North Dakota--Emigration and immigration--Handbooks, manuals, etc./ North Dakota--Description and travel--1865-1900./ Washington (State)Description and travel./ immigrants--Washington (State)Handbooks, manuals, etc./ Swedes--North Dakota./ Swedes--Washington (State)/ Sweden--Emigration and immigration--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Sykes, R. Land and Farming in North Dakota on the Northern Pacific Railroad. [S.l. : s.n.], 1881 (St. Paul : Pioneer Press).
Keywords: Northern Pacific Railway./ Agriculture -- North Dakota./ North Dakota -- Description and travel./ North Dakota -- Economic condition.
Notes: Originally printed in Manchester, England by T. Sowler.

Thomas, Norman F. The Distribution of the Public Domain in Dakota Territory. [Vermillion] : University of South Dakota, 1944.
Keywords: Dakota Territory -- Public lands.
Notes: Thesis (M.A.)--Department of History, University of South Dakota, 1944

Thordarson, Thordur Waldemar. Land Settlement . 1925.
Keywords: Land settlement -- North Dakota./ Land settlement -- United States.
Notes: Thesis (M.S.)--Dept. of Agricultural Economics, North Dakota Agricultural College, 1925.
Reproduction: Microfilm. Bethlehem, PA : Preservation Resources, 2001. 35 mm (USAIN State and Local Literature Preservation Project. North Dakota. Reel 6)

Wells & Dickey Company. North Dakota, Bountiful State: Some Glimpses and Facts of the Rich, Fertile Section of Eastern North Dakota, the Bread Basket Region. Jamestown, N.D. : Wells & Dickey Co., [1903?].
Keywords: Agriculture -- North Dakota./ North Dakota -- Description and travel.

West Missouri Colony Bureau. Illustrated Annual of the West Missouri Colony Bureau of North Dakota. Bismarck, DT: Tribune, printers and binders, 1887.
Keywords: North Dakota -- Description and travel.

Wheeler, Olin Dunbar. 6,000 Miles Through Wonderland: Being a Description of the Marvelous Region Traversed by the Northern Pacific Railroad. Chicago: Rand McNally, 1893.
Keywords: Northwestern states--Description and travel
Reproduction: Microfilm. New York, N.Y.: New York Public Library, 19--.

________. Sketches of Wonderland: a Land of Rolling Plains, Boundless Grain Fields, Sculptured Lands... Penetrated by the Northern Pacific Railroad. St. Paul: Northern Pacific Railroad, [1895].
Keywords: Northwestern states-- Description and travel
Notes: States included not specified

Winona and St. Peter Railroad Company. The Golden Northwest : a Guide to the Most Productive Farming Lands in the World : Cheap Farms and Homes for All, in Southern Minnesota and Dakota, Are for Sale at Low Prices and on Easy Terms by the Winona & St. Peter Railroad Co. : a Chance for a Home and Independence Within the Reach of All. Chicago : Poole Bros., Printers, 1884.
Keywords: Minnesota--Description and travel./ Dakota Territory--Description and travel.

________. Guide to Homes in the New Northwest, in Southern Minnesota and Eastern Dakota. [s. l. :  Winona and St. Peter Railroad?,  1880?].
Keywords: Railroad land grants -- Minnesota./ Railroad land grants -- Dakota Territory./ Minnesota -- Agriculture./ Dakota Territory -- Agriculture.
Notes: "More than 1,000,000 acres of the most desirable lands in the great wheat belt of America for sale by the Winona and St. Peter R. R. Co."
Reproduction: Microfilm. New Haven, Conn. : Research Publications, 1975. 1 reel ; 35 mm. (Western Americana ; Reel 607, no. 6263)

Wm. H. Brown Company. Out They Go. Chicago, Ill. : Wm. H. Brown Company: 1909.
Keywords: Land settlement -- North Dakota.

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