A Missouri railroad pioneer : the life of Louis Houck / Joel P. Rhodes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rhodes, Joel P., 1967-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Houck, Louis, 1840-1925.

Houck, Louis.

Southeast Missouri State University.

Pioneers--Missouri--Biography.

Pioneers.

German Americans--Missouri--Biography.

German Americans.

Businessmen--Missouri--Biography.

Businessmen.

Railroads--Missouri--History.

Railroads.

Southeast Missouri State University--History.

Historians--Missouri--Biography.

Historians.

History.

Cape Girardeau (Mo.)--Biography.

Cape Girardeau (Mo.).

Missouri.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

x, 298 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Columbia : University of Missouri Press, [2008]

Summary:

"Examines the life of a self-taught Cape Girardeau railroader whose network of more than five hundred miles of track transformed southeastern Missouri in the late nineteenth century. Louis Houck also helped establish the college now known as Southeast Missouri State University and wrote a noted history of Missouri"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Wanderjahre 1

Chapter 2 Volksblatt 16

Chapter 3 The Belle of Cape Girardeau 35

Chapter 4 To Cogitate and To Dream: The Coming of the Railroad 57

Chapter 5 The Houck Roads 79

Chapter 6 Zwei Meinungen: Of Two Minds 127

Chapter 7 A Damn Fine Lawyer 152

Chapter 8 St. Louis, Kennett and Southern and Allied Lines 179

Chapter 9 Academic Hall 201

Chapter 10 The Histories 223

Chapter 11 Cape Girardeau Northern 238

Chapter 12 The Big Ditch 254

Chapter 13 A Quiet Religious Mood 274.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-291) and index.

ISBN:

9780826217981

0826217982

OCLC:

182851115