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United States: The Midwest
Illinois: The history and demographics of the Prairie State
Northwest Territory 1785–87 Stephen A. Douglas and Abraham Lincoln Chicago Great Plains Gutzon Borglum; Robert M. La Follette Wisconsin: dairy farm
Discover how European American settlers drove Native Americans and bison from the Midwest and transformed the land
Explore the Mississippi and Ohio rivers, the Great Lakes, the Black Hills, and more in the American Midwest
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Midwest: References & Edit History

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Type Description Contributor Date
Corrected display issue. Feb 12, 2021
Media added. May 27, 2020
Media added. Nov 15, 2018
Changed title from "Middle West" to "Midwest" and reflected new wording throughout article. Oct 08, 2018
Modified link of Web site: Library of Congress - Pioneering the Upper Midwest. Feb 28, 2018
Add new Web site: Library of Congress - Pioneering the Upper Midwest. Jan 21, 2014
Add new Web site: Library of Congress - Pioneering the Upper Midwest. Jan 21, 2014
Add new Web site: Ohio State University - Humanities Institute - The Midwest: An Interpretation. Jan 21, 2014
Add new Web site: Ohio State University - Humanities Institute - The Midwest: An Interpretation. Jan 21, 2014
Add new Web site: Digital Public Library of America - History of Survivance: Upper Midwest 19th Century Native American Narratives. Jan 21, 2014
Add new Web site: Digital Public Library of America - History of Survivance: Upper Midwest 19th Century Native American Narratives. Jan 21, 2014
Add new Web site: Fact Monster - United States - The Midwest, United States. May 18, 2012
Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - Midwest Vacation Destinations. May 15, 2012
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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