Agriculture in the Midwest, 1815–1900Winner of the 2024 Jon Gjerde Prize After the War of 1812 and the removal of the regions Indigenous peoples, the American Midwest became a paradoxical land for settlers. Even as many settlers found that the region provided the bountiful life of their dreams, others found disappointment, even failureand still others suffered social and racial prejudice. In this broad and authoritative survey of midwestern agriculture from the War of 1812 to the turn of