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Across the Columbia Plain : Railroad Expansion in the Interior Northwest, 1885-1893 by Peter J. Lewty (1995, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherWashington STATE University Press
ISBN-100874221145
ISBN-139780874221145
eBay Product ID (ePID)707131
Product Key Features
Book TitleAcross the Columbia Plain : Railroad Expansion in the Interior Northwest, 1885-1893
Number of Pages344 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1995
TopicRailroads / History, United States / State & Local / Pacific Northwest (Or, Wa)
IllustratorYes
GenreTransportation, History
AuthorPeter J. Lewty
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight20.5 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN94-039630
Dewey Edition20
Dewey Decimal385/.09795/09034
Table Of ContentPreface Prologue 1 Lease and Joint Lease 2 To Moscow, Pomeroy, and Weston 3 Rivals in the Palouse 4 The Cascade Branch 5 The Stampede Tunnel 6 The Columbia River Bridge 7 The Hunt System 8 Lexington, Heppner, and the Coal Mines 9 Coeur d'Alene 10 Oregon Railway Extensions 11 In the Big Bend 12 The Great Northern Railway 13 Down to Juliaetta 14 To Keep the Wheels Turning 15 The Road to Ruin Appendix A: Railways in the Columbia Interior, 1879-1893: Distances and Elevations Appendix B: Glossary of Railroad Terms Notes Bibliography Index
SynopsisIn just a few years of prosperity, between 1886 and 1891, a wave of railroad construction broke across the sparsely populated inland plain of the Pacific Northwest. Racing to secure strategic routes and sources of traffic, the railway promoters built an extensive and bewildering network of competing lines. Continuing the saga he started in To the Columbia Gateway: The Oregon Railway and the Northern Pacific, 1879-1884 , author Peter J. Lewty describes the relationships between rival railroad companies and traces the expansion of the Northern Pacific and Union Pacific railway systems in the interior Northwest between 1885 and 1893. Recreating the prevailing atmosphere of optimism and excitement, he chronicles the construction of the Pacific extension of the Great Northern Railway and provides a lively portrait of railway operations on the last frontier of American settlement. Extensively documented and fast moving, Across the Columbia Plain is required reading for railroad enthusiasts and Northwest historians.
LC Classification NumberHE2791.N855L48 1995
