Recovering the Spirit of the High Plains
In 1889, five new states — North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Wyoming, and Idaho — stepped into the Union with constitutions shaped by shared values and bold civic ambition. In The Spirit of 1889, author Samuel Western argues that something essential from that founding moment has slipped away. His book is part history, part reckoning — a call to rediscover the public-minded spirit that once defined the High Plains and Northern Rockies. It’s a conversation starter, and maybe even a map back to more grounded politics.
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