We Suffered Much: Charles Wood Irish and the Dakota Territory Railroad Survey of 1879–1881 Author|Eric Sirotkin and ushers it all

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We Suffered Much: Charles Wood Irish and the Dakota Territory Railroad Survey of 1879–1881 Author|Eric Sirotkin and ushers it allSurveyor Charles Wood Irish had a job to do: chart a path for the Chicago & North Western Railroad, beginning in Tracy, Minnesota, and heading toward gold rich Deadwood in the Dakota Territory. But roaming the prairies was an unpleasant endeavor. "We suffered much" was Irish's not uncommon refrain. Artfully drawn from diaries, letters, and contemporary newspapers, We Suffered Much chronicles Charles Wood Irish's two year odyssey through the Dakota