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Burlington West : A Colonization History of the Burlington Railroad / Richard C. Overton.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Overton, Richard C., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Railroad land grants--United States.
- Railroad land grants.
- Burlington and Missouri River Railroad Company.
- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company.
- Local Subjects:
- Burlington and Missouri River Railroad Company.
- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company.
- Railroad land grants--United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (601 p.): 1 Frontispiz, 29 Ktn.
- Edition:
- Reprint 2014
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2014]
- Language Note:
- English
- 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
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Mai 2019)
- ISBN:
- 0-674-18336-3
- OCLC:
- 1013955684
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