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Author : Donald B. Robertson
Publisher : Caxton Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Western Railroad History: The mountain states written by Donald B. Robertson and published by Caxton Press. This book was released on 1986 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Donald B. Robertson
Publisher : Caxton Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Western Railroad History: The desert states written by Donald B. Robertson and published by Caxton Press. This book was released on 1986 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Railroads are listed alphabetically by state with detailed company descriptions including dates of operation, miles of track, maximum grade, gauge, rail weight, and the histories of thousands of locomotives. With maps and black and white photos. The book also has chapters discussing the development of West, including construction of forts and post offices, and notes on railroad construction in the area (locomotive census, major builders, mileage, fuel consumption, etc.). The information in the book was gleaned from federal and state government data, and newspapers of the period.
Author : Donald B. Robertson
Publisher : Caxton Press
ISBN 13 : 9780870043666
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (436 download)
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Western Railroad History: Oregon, Washington written by Donald B. Robertson and published by Caxton Press. This book was released on 1986 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Distributed by the University of Nebraska Press for Caxton Press This 352-page, triple indexed reference book covers nearly 500 names in the two north Pacific coast states. All known common carrier steam powered operations of ten or more miles are included, plus numerous logging companies, electric traction and diesel operations. The account covers their histories from inception until sale or abandonment - or until 1993 if still active. Railroad titles are full and exact.
Author : Donald B. Robertson
Publisher : Caxton Press
ISBN 13 : 9780870043857
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (438 download)
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Western Railroad History written by Donald B. Robertson and published by Caxton Press. This book was released on 1986 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Distributed by the University of Nebraska Press for Caxton Press This book includes 368 pages of maps, photographs and technical data on the history of railroading in California. There are detailed reports on dates of operation, mergers, miles of track, maximum grade, gauge and rail weight. It also includes the histories of thousands of locomotives.
Author : Patricia C. Spencer
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738518985
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (189 download)
Download or read book Helena, Montana written by Patricia C. Spencer and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2002 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From its origins as a dusty mining camp, Helena quickly grew into a bustling cosmopolitan city, eventually to become the capital of pioneer Montana. At the heart of this growth and development was the vision of Colonel Charles A. Broadwater. Featured here in over 200 vintage photographs is the history of this pioneer town, its involvement in the settlement of the West, and the towering achievement and mysterious decline of the Colonel's tribute to the Queen City of the Rockies, the Broadwater Hotel and Natatorium. The community of Helena was established in 1864 shortly after gold was discovered in Last Chance Gulch, today's main street area. It quickly grew as a supply center for area mining camps. Colonel Broadwater, a self-made man, announced the construction of a grand resort in honor of Helena's prominence as the Queen City of the Rockies: The Broadwater Hotel and Natatorium. The story of the Broadwater, inextricably linked to the story of the development of Helena, is captured here in vintage photography, including turn-of-the-19th-century Helena, its growth from a mining camp into a financial center, its fires, earthquakes, and magnificent rebuilding.
Author : Maxine Benson
Publisher : Graphic Arts Books
ISBN 13 : 087108323X
Total Pages : 504 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (71 download)
Download or read book A Colorado History, 10th Edition written by Maxine Benson and published by Graphic Arts Books. This book was released on 2015-12-04 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For fifty years, A Colorado History has provided a comprehensive and accessible panoramic history of the Centennial State. From the arrival of the Paleo-Indians to contemporary times, this enlarged edition leads readers on an extraordinary exploration of a remarkable place. "A Colorado History has been, since its first appearance in 1965, widely recognized as an exemplary work of its kind." --The Colorado Magazine Experience Colorado with this new, enlarged edition of A Colorado History. For fifty years, the authors of this preeminent resource have led readers on an extraordinary exploration of how the state has changed—and how it has stayed the same. From the arrival of Paleo-Indians in the Mesa Verde region to the fast pace of the twenty-first century, A Colorado History covers the political, economic, cultural, and environmental issues, along with the fascinating events and characters, that have shaped this dynamic state. In print for fifty years, this distinctive examination of the Centennial State is a must-read for history buffs, students, researchers—or anyone—interested in the remarkable place called Colorado.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 668 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (555 download)
Download or read book US-95 Garwood to Sagle, Kootenai and Bonner Counties written by and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 668 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Maxine Benson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (2 download)
Download or read book 1001 Colorado Place Names written by Maxine Benson and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When it came to labeling cities, towns, counties, crossroads, mining camps, rivers, forests, peaks, and passes, Colorado place namers looked to an array of sources for ideas. Many simply memorialized themselves and their families—Florence, Howard, Lulu City, Dacono (Daisy, Cora, and Nora combined)—or more well-known honorees—Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, Kit Carson, Montezuma, Ouray. Some paid homage to explorers, war heroes, politicians, railroad executives, plants, animals, or landforms. Still others went for the more unusual or creative—Boreas Pass bears the name of the Greek god of the North Wind; Egnar is range backwards; Kim was inspired by the Rudyard Kipling novel; Artesia was renamed Dinosaur in 1965 to capitalize on tourist traffic headed to nearby Dinosaur National Monument; Almont was named for a horse, Gulnare a cow. In 1001 Colorado Place Names, Maxine Benson scrutinizes the most popular, interesting , and unique place names in the state. She discusses how the chosen names originated and what changes they have undergone. Included are Colorado's 63 counties, 716 past and present settlements, and 56 "fourteeners" (peaks more than 14,000 feet in elevation) along with other places known for their historical, geographical, geological, or onomastic significance. Benson also provides pronunciation of unusual names, county locations, post office dates, population figures, and anecdotes galore. The result is a mosaic of information of Colorado history, ethnicity, families, events, politics, settlement patterns, and local lore. Combining previous place-name research and new findings, Benson takes us on a colorful, entertaining, and educational journey through cities and towns, across the plains, and over the mountains.
Author : Lee Schweninger
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 0803235151
Total Pages : 407 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (32 download)
Download or read book The First We Can Remember written by Lee Schweninger and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2011-11-01 with total page 407 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looking over the great prairie in the early 1880s, Nellie Buchanan said, ?I knew I would never be contented until I had a home of our own in the wonderful West.? Some were not so sanguine. Mary Cox described the prairie as ?the most barren, forsaken country that we had ever seen.? Like the others whose stories appear in this book, these women were describing their own thoughts and experiences traveling to and settling in what became Colorado. Sixty-seven of their original, first-person narratives, recounted to Civil Works Administration workers in 1933 and 1934, are gathered for the first time in this book. The First We Can Remember presents richly detailed, vivid, and widely varied accounts by women pioneers during the late nineteenth century. Narratives of white American-born, European, and Native American women contending with very different circumstances and geographical challenges tell what it was like to settle during the rise of the smelting and mining industries or the gold rush era; to farm or ranch for the first time; to struggle with unfamiliar neighbors, food and water shortages, crop failure, or simply the intransigent land and unpredictable weather. Together, these narratives?historically and geographically framed by Lee Schweninger?s detailed introduction?create a vibrant picture of women?s experiences in the pioneering of the American West.
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Publisher : DIANE Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1428919007
Total Pages : 454 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (289 download)
Download or read book Final Environmental Impact Statement: BPA Lower Valley Transmission Project written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 458 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (555 download)
Download or read book Lower Valley Transmission Project (ID, WY) written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Robert E. Riegel
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Story of the Western Railroads written by Robert E. Riegel and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 1926 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Account of the railroad conquest of the United States.
Author : Freeman H. Hubbard
Publisher : New York : McGraw-Hill
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Encyclopedia of North American Railroading written by Freeman H. Hubbard and published by New York : McGraw-Hill. This book was released on 1981 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: History, biography, anecdotes and newsworthy events in railroading are arranged alphabetically by subject.
Author : Jerry Crouch
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1466934131
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (669 download)
Download or read book Embracing Montana written by Jerry Crouch and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2006-10-05 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1903, nearing age 40, Charles Crouch became a Methodist Minister. It had been a long journey since his conversion from Mormonism eight years earlier. With an eight-grade education, he had studied to gain enrollment in the Montana Wesleyan University at Helena, Montana. Graduating from that University in 1901, he then completed the additional qualifications to become an Elder and full minister in the Methodist Church. From here he would go on to pastorships of six congregations. His Great Falls Montana pastoral service from 1904 to 1908 was typical. A prior minister had built a church that was only half full and in debt. Reverend Crouch filled the church with members and paid off the debt. As superintendent of the Yellowstone District from 1908 to 1912, the Reverend established congregations in many cities and built church buildings. This was the period of greatest growth for his area of Montana. He was awarded a Doctor of Divinity degree for his great accomplishments. Reverend Crouch was recognized as an exceptional fund raiser. This ability was utilized by his many congregations on various fund drives. His greatest success in fund raising and building, however, was with new Deaconess Hospitals- first in Great Falls, then in Bozeman and lastly in Billings, Montana. Crouch's final assignment as a full time Methodist Minister was in 1922. He was sent to Billings to raise money, build a Deaconess hospital, staff the hospital and be the business manager until his retirement in 1931.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 686 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)
Download or read book Railroad History written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 686 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Nancy Capace
Publisher : Somerset Publishers, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0403096049
Total Pages : 315 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (3 download)
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Montana written by Nancy Capace and published by Somerset Publishers, Inc.. This book was released on 2000-01-01 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Encyclopedia of Montana contains detailed information on States: Symbols and Designations, Geography, Archaeology, State History, Local History on individual cities, towns and counties, Chronology of Historic Events in the State, Profiles of Governors, Political Directory, State Constitution, Bibliography of books about the state and an Index.
Author : Peter Massey
Publisher : Adler Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1930193157
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (31 download)
Download or read book Nevada Trails Western Region written by Peter Massey and published by Adler Publishing. This book was released on 2008-08 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Find exciting scenic drives hiking trails, camping areas, ghost towns, fishing spots and more! This unique FULL COLOR addition to the Adler TRAILS SERIES contains meticulous details for hundreds of miles of scenic backroads and four wheel drive trails in western Nevada, near the towns of Reno, Carson City, Virginia City, Tonopah, and Hawthorne. Meticulous trail details instruct readers how to safely navigate hundreds of miles of the region's best scenic backroads and four-wheel trails. See ghost towns, numerous old mines and mill workings, and old railroad grades along the more than 35 routes. Directions include GPS coordinates and all trails are rated for difficulty, mileage, driving time, remoteness, and more. Descriptions highlight the ideal places to camp, hike, mountain bike, fish, and sightsee. Histories recount the days of the Wild West. Hundreds of COLOR PHOTOS.
