Tales from the Territory

Tales from the Territory are stories about what it took to tame the land that is now known as South Dakota. The Dakota Territory was formed on March 2, 1861 about six weeks before the Civil War began. It remained a territory until November 2, 1889 when it was split into North Dakota and South Dakota. The stories show the strength of it settlers and of those who chose to make a home there. There are stories of the men and women who did what was necessary to make it a safe place to raise a family. There are stories of those who same to the territory to seek their fortune, and of those who simply wanted more than they had back east. It tells of lawmen who struggled to bring law and order to the land. There is a story of a mail-order bride who found happiness in spite of her fears to move west to marry a man she had never met. The stories in Tales from the Territory are fictional, but show whatit took to make a new life to themselves in a wild and open land. the book is one of several short story books by J.E. Terrall about the taming of the west.