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c o n t e n t s Acknowledgments ix Prologue. “Glorious” 1 part one making a settlement 1 Removals 11 2 Seduced 27 3 Farms without Titles 45 4 “A Very Public Place” 57 part two disaster and persistence 5 “To Begin Again” 73 6 Favorite Son 89 7 Prominent Citizens 104 part three the second gold rush 8 “As Good As Wheat” 127 9 “A Devil’s Opportunity” 150 10 Looking Back 172 part four the new generation emerges 11 Gold—Wheat—Fruit 197 12 Legacies 220 Epilogue. Remnants 229 Notes 233 Essay on Sources 295 Index 301 viii Contents ...

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