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Burlington West : A Colonization History Of The Burlington Railroad / Richard C. Overton.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2013]Copyright date: ©1941Edition: Reprint 2014Description: 1 online resource (583 p.) : 1 Frontispiz, 29 KtnContent type:
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  • 9780674334687
  • 9780674183360
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 385.0978
LOC classification:
  • HE2791.C643 O8
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  • online - DeGruyter
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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
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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

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