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ERIC Number: EJ431897
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1990
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0889-0293
Systematic Spacing of Townsites along Eastern South Dakota's Rail Lines.
Lockwood, Catherine M.
International Journal of Social Education, v5 n2 p77-82 Fall 1990
Investigates townsite distribution in South Dakota's land settlement pattern. Reviews past theories explaining eastern South Dakota's systematic spacing of towns along rail lines. Indicates a correlation between railroad functions and town development, advancing the theory that nineteenth-century railroad technology, involving traffic control and track maintenance, necessitated distributing townsites every 8 to 10 miles. (CH)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Correlation, Human Geography, Land Settlement, Maps, Migration, Municipalities, Population Distribution, Rail Transportation, Science and Society, Social Science Research, Technology, United States History
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Nineteenth Century; South Dakota