The West the Railroads Made
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| Rating | : | 4.96 (904 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0295987693 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-04-14 |
| Language | : | English |
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formative role of railroads in opening and settlement of the American West Henry Berry More than any other single factor, railroads made the West the way it was and is in many respects today. The Federal government undeniably had a major role too. But the Louisiana Purchase, offers of free land, troops for security, and such, were government measures related mostly to setting the stage. It was the railroads which accounted for the details of Western development; details which caused settlers to lead their lives in certain ways and make decisions about which opportunities to pursue. Thus did the railroads play an incomparable role in how the West was devel. Highly recommended for locomotion enthusiasts everywhere The innovation of railroads in the early nineteenth century transformed America from a nation covering the eastern seaboard to the country it is today spanning from Maine to Southern California. "The West The Railroads Made" is an anthology of stories, illustrations, and photographs (some of which are color) to tell the tale of how the pioneers of this technology were essential in transforming America in the country it is today. "The West The Railroads Made" is highly recommended for locomotion enthusiasts everywhere, and for any community library collection for Railroa. The West the Railroads Made Michael GreenWest Coast British Ok book rattles on & jumps around, never really completing a story. Never finished it. And I'm a RR buff, having walked a vast sections of the CPRR in NV. [] we have some photos there
Barnard Chair in Western American History at the University of Tulsa, specializing in the history of exploration of the American West. He is the author of Beyond Lewis and Clark: The Army Explores the West and Jefferson's West: A Journey with Lewis and Clark.. Louis Mercantile Library Endowed Professor of Transportation Studies at the University of Missouri-St. Ronda holds the H. Carlos Schwantes is St. G. Louis, specializing in the history of the twentieth-century Ame
As the idea of a Pacific Railroad grew in the 1840s and 1850s, many Americans imagined the West as a fertile garden or a treasure chest of priceless minerals. Railroads also promoted agriculture, ranching, and mining on a grand scale. Overnight a windswept stretch of Wyoming became Cheyenne. Through the depot came mail-order treasures, the latest newspapers, and letters from distant friends. Filled with contemporary accounts, illustrations, and photographs, The West the Railroads Made offers a fresh look at what the iron road created.If railroads brought the West into the world, they also brought the world to the West. Railroads could deliver the riches of that West into the hands and pockets of the modern world. Washington Territory governor Marshall F. Companies merged to create superrailroads, service on unprofitable routes was ended, and trademark passenger trains vanished. While the railroad's influence was challenged in the twentieth century by automobiles and the interstate highway system, railroads did not vanish from the landscape. Instead, they reinvented themselves. Railroads brought immigrants by the thousands, forever changing the character of the West's human population. In their place came mile-long trains hauling coal, grain, and lumber. Railroads were second
Schwantes and Ronda are to be congratulated for having given general readers and scholars alike this thoughtful and beautiful reminder that not all truly revolutionary technologies are current ones, that in their century railroads worked a magic every bit as transformative of life and economy as today's computers. But the text skillfully interprets the images and balances the story that railroads originally told about the region, one that boosted their properties and promoted settlement and travels along their lines . Nearly every page contains an illustration that invites quick perusal. Louis Mercantile Library . Schwantes and James P. Perhaps there is something in that for all of us to learn."Oregon Historical Quarterly"From the University of Washington Press comes this definitive book about the role of the railroads in the development of the American West. In The West the Railroads Ma