A Missouri railroad pioneer : the life of Louis Houck /

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"Examines the life of a self-taught Cape Girardeau railroader whose network of more than five hundred miles of track transformed southeastern Missouri in the late nineteenth century. Louis Houck also helped establish the college now known as Southeast Missouri State University and wrote a noted...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Rhodes, Joel P., 1967-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Columbia : University of Missouri Press, ©2008.
Temas:
Houck, Louis, > 1840-1925.
Southeast Missouri State University > History.
Southeast Missouri State University.
Pioneers > Missouri > Biography.
German Americans > Missouri > Biography.
Businessmen > Missouri > Biography.
Railroads > Missouri > History.
Historians > Missouri > Biography.
Pionniers > Missouri > Biographies.
Hommes d'affaires > Missouri > Biographies.
HISTORY > State & Local.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
HISTORY > State & Local > General.
Businessmen.
German Americans.
Historians.
Pioneers.
Railroads.
Cape Girardeau (Mo.) > Biography.
Missouri.
Missouri > Cape Girardeau.
Biographies.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Wanderjahre
  • Volksblatt
  • The belle of Cape Girardeau
  • To cogitate and to dream: the coming of the railroad
  • The Houck Roads
  • Zwei Meinungen: Of two minds
  • A damn fine lawyer
  • St. Louis, Kennett and Southern and Allied Lines
  • Academic Hall
  • The histories
  • Cape Girardeau Northern
  • The big ditch
  • A quiet religious mood.

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