Burlington West : A Colonization History Of The Burlington Railroad /
Overton, Richard C.
Burlington West : A Colonization History Of The Burlington Railroad / Richard C. Overton. - Reprint 2014 - 1 online resource (583 p.) : 1 Frontispiz, 29 Ktn.
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
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780674334687 9780674183360
10.4159/harvard.9780674183360 doi
Handel, Kommunikation, Verkehr.
Railroad land grants--United States.
Railroad land grants.
Railroads.
Burlington and Missouri River Railroad Company.
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company.
Railroad land grants -- United States.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History.
HE2791.C643 / O8
385.0978
Burlington West : A Colonization History Of The Burlington Railroad / Richard C. Overton. - Reprint 2014 - 1 online resource (583 p.) : 1 Frontispiz, 29 Ktn.
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
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780674334687 9780674183360
10.4159/harvard.9780674183360 doi
Handel, Kommunikation, Verkehr.
Railroad land grants--United States.
Railroad land grants.
Railroads.
Burlington and Missouri River Railroad Company.
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company.
Railroad land grants -- United States.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History.
HE2791.C643 / O8
385.0978