| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 337 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
Steamcars at last -- Late to the party -- Of champagne and panic -- The St. Louis road -- Pulling and hauling -- Optimism and realism -- New players -- Dancing with the giants -- Falling rates and encroachment -- Adrift -- Three cents per mile -- Rumors and reality -- Shifting winds -- The struggling giant -- Mixed blessings -- An uncertain future |
| Summary |
Don L. Hofsommer presents Minneapolis from the 1860s into the 1950s, when railroads served as a unique link between city and countryside. Illustrated with more than 200 period photographs and maps, this comprehensive book reflects a time when the locomotive dominated the landscape and set the tempo for the nation: the age of railways |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Railroads -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis -- History
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TRANSPORTATION -- Railroads -- History.
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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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Railroads
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| SUBJECT |
Minneapolis (Minn.) -- History
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| Subject |
Minnesota -- Minneapolis
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780816696857 |
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0816696853 |
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129994700X |
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9781299947009 |
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