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The Fishing Line : A History of the Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad / Graydon M. Meints.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Meints, Graydon M., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Grand Rapids and Indiana Railway Company.
- Railroads--Middle West--History.
- Railroads.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- East Lansing, Michigan : Michigan State University Press, [2018]
- Summary:
- With roots in Fort Wayne, Indiana, the Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad--nicknamed "The Fishing Line" for its connections to attractive Michigan tourist areas--was organized in the mid-nineteenth century to take advantage of the lucrative logging business of the vast forests of the northern Lower Peninsula of Michigan and other potential freight.
- Contents:
- The Lomax years, 1849-1866
- The Edgerton years, 1866-1873
- The completion to Petoskey, 1869-73
- The Continental Improvement Company
- The Hughart years, part 1, 1874-1883
- The Hughart years, part 2, 1884-1895
- The Pennsylvania years, 1896-1920
- Epilogue.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-60917-579-4
- OCLC:
- 1046551494
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