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Gulf to Rockies - Richard C. Overton - Histoire ferroviaire - Réimpressions d'Austin

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Book Title
Gulf To Rockies
Narrative Type
Nonfiction
Genre
History
Subject
Railroads / History
ISBN
9780292727120
Subject Area
Transportation
Publication Name
Gulf to Rockies : The Heritage of the Fort Worth and Denver-Colorado and Southern Railways, 1861-1898
Item Length
9 in
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Publication Year
1953
Type
Textbook
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Item Height
1 in
Author
Richard C. Overton
Features
Reprint
Item Width
6 in
Item Weight
16 Oz
Number of Pages
424 Pages

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Gulf to Rockies is a chapter in the business and economic history of the American West and the story of two of the most colorful railroad builders of the nineteenth century. Throughout the 1860s the mineral treasures of Colorado were virtually inaccessible for lack of railroads. Even after a hectic decade of building in the 1870s, the state faced a new sort of isolation: every railroad crossing her borders was controlled by the Union Pacific or the Santa Fe. As a result, the Rocky Mountain region could not hope to compete with the Midwest for the business of the Atlantic seaboard. To remedy this situation, John Evans, former governor of Colorado, organized in 1881 a railroad to run southward from Denver as the first link in a cheap rail-water route via the Gulf of Mexico to the East. Meanwhile ambitious Fort Worth citizens had incorporated the Fort Worth and Denver City in 1873. Not a rail was laid on either road, however, until General Grenville M. Dodge, famed builder of the Union Pacific and the Texas Pacific, took up the Texas project and joined forces with Evans to create the Gulf-to-Rockies route. It took seven years for these men and their associates to mobilize funds and complete the Fort Worth-Denver line, and another decade to establish the system's independence and solve its financial problems in the face of drought, depression, and intense competition. Gulf to Rockies was written under special agreements with Northwestern University and the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad, whereby the university relieved Mr. Overton of a part of his duties in order that he might have time for research and writing and the railroad undertook to bear the cost of the research. The Burlington also permitted him free access to all company records and granted him unrestricted freedom to publish his findings.

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Publisher
University of Texas Press
ISBN-10
0292727127
ISBN-13
9780292727120
eBay Product ID (ePID)
119530183

Product Key Features

Author
Richard C. Overton
Publication Name
Gulf to Rockies : The Heritage of the Fort Worth and Denver-Colorado and Southern Railways, 1861-1898
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Features
Reprint
Subject
Railroads / History
Publication Year
1953
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Transportation
Number of Pages
424 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
9 in
Item Height
1 in
Item Width
6 in
Item Weight
16 Oz

Additional Product Features

LCCN
53-010833
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Edition Description
Reprint
Table of Content
Thanks Note on Documentation Introduction 1. The Colorado Setting, 1861-80 2. The Texas Homeland, 1873-81 3. Evans in the Lion's Den, 1881 4. Dodge and Evans: A Study in Contrasts, 1881-83 5. The Fort Worth and Denver City Steps Out, 1881-83 6. Northward to the Canadian, 1883-86 7. Breaking the Northern Stalemate, 1883-87 8. The Rails Are Joined, 1887-88 9. Independence for the Panhandle, 1888-89 10. The Union Pacific Moves In, 1888-90 11. Mounting Incompatibility, 1890-93 12. The Union Pacific Moves Out, 1893 13. Rehabilitation in the North, 1893-96 14. Revival by Miracle in Texas, 1893-98 15. Birth of the Colorado and Southern, 1896-98 Conclusion Around the Circle Bibliography Index
Illustrated by
Marsh, Reginald
Copyright Date
1953
Illustrated
Yes

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