Burlington West : : A Colonization History Of The Burlington Railroad / / Richard C. Overton.
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| Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2013] ©1941 |
| Year of Publication: | 2013 |
| Edition: | Reprint 2014 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- 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