Table of contents The great flood of 1993 -- Summary of events -- Not one flood, but three -- Two great floods, two different experiences -- In the shadow of the ridge -- Fire and flood: the Pipestone experience -- One city, one ditch, one big problem -- Three crests of the Des Moines -- "Whiskey's for drink'n and water's for fighting" -- Septic tanks and sump pumps and the king of rock and roll -- Anxious days and nights -- Under siege: flooding in the state parks -- An island for livestock -- The losing...

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Parents and grandparents: we are all immigrants and migrants / by Joseph Amato -- Julia Elizondo came to Willmar to work / by Daniel Cornejo -- Life in the woods / by Charles A. Eastman (Ohiyesa) -- Veblen and the Mall of America / by Lynda McDonnell.

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A collection of 20 essays, by 15 authors from different perspectives, on the environmental history of Murray County, Minnesota, an area of tallgrass prairie.

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Documentary that focuses on the small southwestern towns of Ghent, Minnesota and Marshall, Minnesota. It provides a history of the towns, and includes interviews with several families that settled there, discussing their migration and farm life.

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Getting and keeping the land -- The coming of the Belgians -- The Louwagies -- Rivalry with the French-Canadians -- "Big barns and little houses" -- Quick to forsake the land -- Plowing with pencils -- The trinity of faith, land, and family -- Hector and Ida Louwagie -- Peasant-capitalists.

Abstract "This book's immediate predecessor drew on the writings of many southwest Minnesota authors to create a portrait of the land and its peoples. In this book, Amato and Pichaske explore the region's rich culture in their own words. From Amato's analysis of regional lead cities like Worthington and New Ulm to Pichaske's meditations on smaller towns like Minneota, Slayton, and Hanley Falls, the authors examine the ways this region has reacted to the changes and challenges of the late twentieth...

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Information about the newest wave of immigrants to southwestern Minnesota--Africans, Asians, and Hispanics. Responds to such questions as who the newcomers are, why they came, and what they experience upon arrival there. Gives special attention to matters of social services, housing, school, and crime. Seeks a comparative understanding of migration patterns and the different experiences of several food-processing cities in southwestern Minnesota.