| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 366 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Northern Pacific Railway Company -- History
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Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.) -- History
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Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.) fast |
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Northern Pacific Railway Company fast |
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HISTORY -- State & Local.
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
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Economic history
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Fargo (N.D.) -- History -- 19th century
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Moorhead (Minn.) -- History -- 19th century
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Fargo (N.D.) -- Economic conditions -- 19th century
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Moorhead (Minn.) -- Economic conditions -- 19th century
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Minnesota -- Moorhead
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North Dakota -- Fargo
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2006103291 |
| ISBN |
0816654301 |
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9780816654307 |
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