Plains country towns / John C. Hudson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hudson, John C.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cities and towns--North Dakota--History.

Cities and towns.

Railroads--North Dakota--History.

Railroads.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 189 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c1985.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In the 1860's, land speculators in Minnesota and the Dakota Territory expected that a great city would rise where the railroad crossed the Red River of the North. In 1872, after the Northern Pacific Railroad laid its first tracks across the river, it brought settlers, capital, and access to Eastern markets and gave birth to the twin cities of Moorhead and Fargo. Historian Carroll Engelhardt's Gateway to the Northern Plains chronicles the story of Fargo and Moorhead's birth and growth.

Contents:

Contents; Preface; Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2. Frontier Beginnings; Chapter 3. Inland Towns; Chapter 4. Townsite Speculators; Chapter 5. Tracks and Elevators; Chapter 6. Railroad Towns; Chapter 7. Town Building; Chapter 8. Merchants and Trade Centers; Chapter 9. Social Relations; Chapter 10. Passing the Limits; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliography and index.

ISBN:

0-8166-5563-4

0-8166-1348-6

OCLC:

182732680