Dakota Farmers' Alliance records, 1887, undated

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Dakota Farmers' Alliance records, 1887, undated

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The Farmers' Alliance was an organized agrarian economic movement among U.S. farmers that flourished in the 1880s. Despite its failure, it is regarded as the precursor to the United States Populist Party, which grew out of the ashes of the Alliance in 1892. This collection is composed of an address by Henry Langford Loucks and proceedings from the December 1887 convention in Huron, and an advertisement for A Book for Farmers.

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South Dakota State University, Hilton M. Briggs Library

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South Dakota State University, Hilton M. Briggs Library

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Dakota Farmers' Alliance.

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In February 1881, farmers in Yankton County obtained a charter for the first farmers' alliance in Dakota Territory. Spurred by a drop in wheat prices in 1884, the number of territorial alliances grew, and mass meetings in Clark, Huron, Mellette, and Redfield were soon denouncing railroads and demanding their regulation. In January 1885, a territorial railroad commission was created, although vigorous opposition left the new agency without any power to establish freight rates. In February 1885, a...

Loucks, Henry L. (Henry Langford), 1846-1928

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