Sixteen-year-old Tabitha, the daughter of a preacher who believes science is Satan's work, longs to study at a university and dig for dinosaur bones, but in South Dakota at the end of the nineteenth century such ambitions are discouraged.
Only twelve-year-old Colleen knows that her baby sister died just after she was born and that Colleen put another baby in her place, until the baby's father shows up and makes trouble for her and her family on the South Dakota prairie in the 1860s.
Provides information about the geography, history, government, economy, people, and places of South Dakota, andincludes photographs, maps, sidebars, a time line, an almanac of state facts, and a gallery of famous South Dakotans.
"Hoping to escape the attention brought on by the accident that flattened Stanley, the Lambchop family drives to South Dakota, where they become involved in a wild west adventure at Mount Rushmore."--Provided by publisher.
An introduction to the history, culture, geography, industries, wildlife, and sights of South Dakota, featuring photographs, maps, charts, and sidebars.
An October blizzard and a warning from a passing Native American compel Charles Ingalls to move his family to town in the winter of 1880-81, and when the weather keeps the supply train from arriving, Almanzo Wilder and his brother make the brave decision to go in search of provisions.
