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Book Synopsis The Underground Railroad in Illinois by : Glennette Tilley Turner
Download or read book The Underground Railroad in Illinois written by Glennette Tilley Turner and published by Newman Educational Publishing Company. This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The activities of the Underground Railroad, and the Abolitionist Movement in Illinois are documented by the author in this meticulously researched book.
Author :Charles A. Duckworth Publisher :Missouri-Pacific Historical Society ISBN 13 :9781681842769 Total Pages : pages Book Rating :4.8/5 (427 download)
Book Synopsis The Missouri-Illinois Railroad by : Charles A. Duckworth
Download or read book The Missouri-Illinois Railroad written by Charles A. Duckworth and published by Missouri-Pacific Historical Society. This book was released on 2020-07 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A Missouri Railroad Pioneer by : Joel P. Rhodes
Download or read book A Missouri Railroad Pioneer written by Joel P. Rhodes and published by University of Missouri Press. This book was released on 2017-08-15 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lawyer and journalist, entrepreneur and philanthropist, Louis Houck is often called the “Father of Southeast Missouri” because he brought the railroad to the region and opened this backwater area to industrialization and modernization. Although Houck’s name is little known today outside Missouri, Joel Rhodes shows how his story has relevance for both the state and the nation. Rhodes presents a more complete picture of Houck than has ever been available: reviewing his life from his German immigrant roots, considering his career from both social and political perspectives, and grounding the story in both state and national history. He especially tells how, from 1880 to the 1920s, this self-taught railroader constructed a network of five hundred miles of track through the wilderness of wetlands known as “Swampeast Missouri”—and how these “Houck Roads” provided a boost for population, agriculture, lumbering, and commerce that transformed Cape Girardeau and the surrounding area. Rhodes discusses how Houck fits into the era of economic individualism—a time when men with little formal training shaped modern industry—and also gives voice to Houck’s critics and shows that he was not always an easy man to work with. In telling the story of his railroading enterprise, Rhodes chronicles Houck’s battle with the Jay Gould railroad empire and offers key insight into the development of America’s railway system, from the cutthroat practices of ruthless entrepreneurs to the often-comic ineptness of start-up rail lines. More than simply a biography of a business entrepreneur, the book tells how Houck not only developed the region economically but also followed the lead of Andrew Carnegie by making art, culture, and formal education available to all social classes. Houck also served for thirty-six years as president of the Board of Regents of Southeast Missouri State Teacher’s College, and as a self-taught historian he wrote the first comprehensive accounts of Missouri’s territorial period. A Missouri Railroad Pioneer chronicles a multifaceted career that transformed a region. Solidly researched, this lively narrative also offers an entertaining read for anyone interested in Missouri history.
Book Synopsis Rails Across the Mississippi by : Robert Wendell Jackson
Download or read book Rails Across the Mississippi written by Robert Wendell Jackson and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A tale of grand dreams, shady politics, daring engineering experiments, greed, ambition, and westward expansion, Rails across the Mississippi is the first book-length history since 1881 to document the planning, financing, and construction of the first bridge across the Mississippi River at St. Louis, a national engineering landmark completed in 1874 that is now known as the Eads Bridge. Robert W. Jackson takes a fresh look at this monumental project, dispersing the myths and filling in the gaps left by earlier scholarship."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Book Synopsis Wilson V. Missouri-Illinois Railroad Company by :
Download or read book Wilson V. Missouri-Illinois Railroad Company written by and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis History of the Illinois Central Railroad by : John F. Stover
Download or read book History of the Illinois Central Railroad written by John F. Stover and published by MacMillan Publishing Company. This book was released on 1975 with total page 600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Arkansas & Missouri Railroad by : Barton Jennings
Download or read book Arkansas & Missouri Railroad written by Barton Jennings and published by Techscribes, Incorporated. This book was released on 2016 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether you are a tourist riding the Arkansas & Missouri Railroad's passenger train for a fun afternoon or are a serious railfan, this book will answer all your questions about the railroad.
Book Synopsis Nothing Like It In the World by : Stephen E. Ambrose
Download or read book Nothing Like It In the World written by Stephen E. Ambrose and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2001-11-06 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the men who build the transcontinental railroad in the 1860's.
Book Synopsis The Underground Railroad in Western Illinois by : Owen W. Muelder
Download or read book The Underground Railroad in Western Illinois written by Owen W. Muelder and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2012-08-31 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fugitives fleeing from slavery in Kentucky, Missouri, and points farther south traversed the entire state of Illinois while moving northward. But they were most likely to receive help from Underground railroad operators if they passed through western Illinois, where a good number of Underground Railroad agents lived. This book briefly discusses the Underground Railroad throughout the United States and all of Illinois. It addresses at length the activities of Underground Railroad operators, both black and white, in western Illinois. The compelling efforts of these people have been surprisingly neglected; this book examines in detail their significant contributions to this heroic chapter in American history.
Book Synopsis St. Louis Gateway Rail by : Lesley Barker
Download or read book St. Louis Gateway Rail written by Lesley Barker and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2006-08-14 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Though the city of St. Louis is located on the Missouri side of the Mississippi River, for the railroads, the St. Louis Gateway extends into Illinois, north and south along both sides of the river. Two factors conspired against St. Louiss aspiration to become the preeminent rail center of the 19th-century American Midwest: there was no bridge across the Mississippi, and Missouris loyalty to the Union during the Civil War was suspect. Chicago beat out St. Louis to attain the regions top railroad billing. Fast forward to the 1970s, when the Gateway Arch, dedicated in 1968, redefined the St. Louis riverfront and when the St. Louis Union Station closed to rail service. The 1970s was a decade of railroad debutsBurlington Northern, Illinois Central Gulf, Family Linesand a decade of railroad demisesRock Island and Frisco. It signaled the end of a century of rail domination of the American transportation scene.
Book Synopsis Frisco Steam Salute by : Michael Kelly
Download or read book Frisco Steam Salute written by Michael Kelly and published by . This book was released on 2021-04 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author :United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interstate Commerce Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages :2064 pages Book Rating :4.3/5 (91 download)
Book Synopsis Investigations of Railroads, Holding Companies, and Affiliated Companies, and Related Matters by : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interstate Commerce
Download or read book Investigations of Railroads, Holding Companies, and Affiliated Companies, and Related Matters written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interstate Commerce and published by . This book was released on 1938 with total page 2064 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Missouri Pacific Railroad Company Reorganization by : United States. Interstate Commerce Commission
Download or read book Missouri Pacific Railroad Company Reorganization written by United States. Interstate Commerce Commission and published by . This book was released on 1941 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Investigation of Railroads, Holding Companies, Affiliated Companies and Related Matters by : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interstate Commerce
Download or read book Investigation of Railroads, Holding Companies, Affiliated Companies and Related Matters written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interstate Commerce and published by . This book was released on 1937 with total page 1546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author :United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interstate Commerce. Subcommittee Pursuant to S. Res. 71 Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages :1186 pages Book Rating :4.0/5 (13 download)
Book Synopsis Investigation of Railroads, Holding Companies, Affiliated Companies, and Related Matters by : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interstate Commerce. Subcommittee Pursuant to S. Res. 71
Download or read book Investigation of Railroads, Holding Companies, Affiliated Companies, and Related Matters written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interstate Commerce. Subcommittee Pursuant to S. Res. 71 and published by . This book was released on 1938 with total page 1186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Crossroads of a Continent by : Peter A. Hansen
Download or read book Crossroads of a Continent written by Peter A. Hansen and published by Railroads Past and Present. This book was released on 2022-08-09 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Crossroads of a Continent: The Missouri Railroad tells the story of the state's railroads and their vital role in American history. Missouri and St. Louis, its largest city, are strategically located within the American Heartland. On July 4, 1851, when the Pacific Railroad of Missouri began construction in St. Louis, the city took its first step to becoming a major hub for railroads. By the 1920s, the state was crisscrossed with railways reaching toward all points of the compass. Authors Peter A. Hansen, Don L. Hofsommer, and Carlos Arnaldo Schwantes explore the history of Missouri railroads through personal, absorbing tales of the cutthroat competition between cities and between railroads that meant the difference between prosperity and obscurity, the ambitions and dreams of visionaries Fred Harvey and Arthur Stilwell, and the country's excitement over the St. Louis World's Fair of 1904. Beautifully illustrated with over 100 color images of historical railway ephemera, Crossroads of a Continent is an engaging history of key American railroads and of Missouri's critical contribution to the American story.
Book Synopsis Awards ... First Division, National Railroad Adjustment Board by : United States. National Railroad Adjustment Board
Download or read book Awards ... First Division, National Railroad Adjustment Board written by United States. National Railroad Adjustment Board and published by . This book was released on with total page 930 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
