Gateway to the northern plains : railroads and the birth of Fargo and Moorhead / Carroll Engelhardt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Engelhardt, Carroll L.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fargo (N.D.)--History--19th century.

Fargo (N.D.).

Moorhead (Minn.)--History--19th century.

Moorhead (Minn.).

Fargo (N.D.)--Economic conditions--19th century.

Moorhead (Minn.)--Economic conditions--19th century.

Northern Pacific Railway Company--History.

Northern Pacific Railway Company.

Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.)--History.

Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (388 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Historian Carroll Engelhardt chronicles the story of Fargo and Moorheads birth and growth when settlers from far and wide poured in, creating a diverse population and vital culture. There are many histories of major U.S. cities, but in Gateway to the Northern Plains Engelhardt reveals how the small cities of the plains have made their mark on the country.

Contents:

At the crossing : the incorporation of Fargo and Moorhead

Booster dreams : Henry Bruns and Moorhead's collapse

Boomtown on the prairie : Fargo becomes a gateway city

Old and new Americans : the people of Fargo and Moorhead

Domestic virtues : middle-class moral order

Vagabonds, workers, and purveyors of vice

Building a better community : the politics of good government.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8166-5430-1

OCLC:

476125770