Burlington West : : A Colonization History Of The Burlington Railroad / / Richard C. Overton.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP e-dition: Complete eBook Package
• VerfasserIn: Overton, Richard C.,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2013]; ©1941
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Edition: Reprint 2014
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (583 p.) :; 1 Frontispiz, 29 Ktn.
• Other title: Frontmatter --; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS --; CONTENTS --; ILLUSTRATIONS --; MAPS --; GRAPHS --; NOTE ON DOCUMENTATION --; INTRODUCTION --; CHAPTER I. ORIGINS OF THE BURLINGTON SYSTEM --; CHAPTER II. SOUTHERN IOWA PLANS ITS RAILROAD, 1852-1856 --; CHAPTER III. CONGRESS, SECTIONALISM, AND THE LAND GRANT, 1856 --; CHAPTER IV. ORGANIZING THE RAILROAD LAND DEPARTMENT, 1856-1859 --; CHAPTER V. THE SWAMPLANDS IMBROGLIO, 1850-1859 --; CHAPTER VI. EARLY PROBLEMS OF THE RAILROAD COLONIZERS, 1859 - 1860 --; CHAPTER VII. THE B. & M. MARKS TIME, 1860-1866 --; CHAPTER VIII. CHARLES E. PERKINS WATCHES THE COMPANY LANDS, 1860-1866 --; CHAPTER IX. RAILS FOR IOWA AND A PROJECT FOR NEBRASKA, 1866-1869 --; CHAPTER X. COLONEL AMES SELLS T E N THOUSAND ACRES, 1 8 6 6 - 1 8 69 --; CHAPTER XI. CONSOLIDATION AND CONSTRUCTION, 1870-1873 --; CHAPTER XII. GEORGE S. HARRIS REORGANIZES THE LAND DEPARTMENT, 1869-1870 --; CHAPTER XIII. BOOM YEARS FOR THE LAND DEPARTMENT, 1871-1873 --; CHAPTER XIV. CRISIS AND RECOVERY, 1874-1880 --; CHAPTER XV. CLOSING ACTIVITIES OF THE LAND DEPARTMENT, 1880-1905 --; CHAPTER XVI. THE RAILROAD AND THE COMMUNITY, 1905-1940 --; APPENDICES --; BIBLIOGRAPHY --; INDEX
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780674183360; 9783110353488; 9783110353556; 9783110442212
• DOI: 10.4159/harvard.9780674183360
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• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Richard C. Overton.