The Lost Region: Toward a Revival of Midwestern History

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recto runningfoot | i 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 the lost region ii | verso runningfoot i o wa a n d t he m i d w e s t e x p e r i e n c e Series Editor William B. Friedricks, Iowa History Center at Simpson College The University of Iowa Press gratefully acknowledges Humanities Iowa for its generous support of the Iowa and the Midwest Experience series. recto runningfoot | iii 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 u n i v e r s i t y o f i o w a p r e s s , Iowa City t h e l o s t r e g i o n t o wa r d a r e v i va l o f m i d w e s t e r n h i s t o ry by Jon K. Lauck iv | verso runningfoot University of Iowa Press, Iowa City 52242 Copyright © 2013 by the University of Iowa Press www.uiowapress.org Printed in the United States of America Design by Teresa W. Wingfield No part of this book may be reproduced or used in any form or by any means without permission in writing from the publisher. All reasonable steps have been taken to contact copyright holders of material used in this book. The publisher would be pleased to make suitable arrangements with any whom it has not been possible to reach. The University of Iowa Press gratefully acknowledges Humanities Iowa for its generous support of the Iowa and Midwest Experience series. The University of Iowa Press is a member of Green Press Initiative and is committed to preserving natural resources. Printed on acid-free paper Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Lauck, Jon, 1971– The lost region: toward a revival of Midwestern history / by Jon K. Lauck. pages cm.—(Iowa and the Midwest experience) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN: 978-1-60938-189-9; 1-60938-189-0 (pbk.) ISBN: 978-1-60938-216-2; 1-60938-216-1 (e-book) 1. Middle West—History. 2. Regionalism —Middle West—History. I. Title. F351.L33 2013 977—dc23 2013010125 recto runningfoot | v 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 To Amy, Brendtly, Abigail, Henry, and Jack, midwesterners all vi | verso runningfoot recto runningfoot | vii 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 There is a charm in restoring the past, in compelling the procession of leaders of human thought and action again to traverse the stage of human consciousness, in rescuing from oblivion what is worth the memory of the present day. The events of past years, the institutions that have passed away, the life and manners of societies that are gone, are a precious heritage, not to be wantonly ignored in the heat and bustle of the day. —Frederick Jackson Turner viii | verso runningfoot ...