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Peer reviewedLockwood, Catherine M. – International Journal of Social Education, 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…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Correlation, Human Geography, Land Settlement
