Gateway to the northern plains : railroads and the birth of Fargo and Moorhead /

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Historian Carroll Engelhardt chronicles the story of Fargo and Moorheads birth and growth when settlers from far and wide poured in, creating a diverse population and vital culture. There are many histories of major U.S. cities, but in Gateway to the Northern Plains Engelhardt reveals how the small...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Engelhardt, Carroll L.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, ©2007.
Temas:
Northern Pacific Railway Company > History.
Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.) > History.
Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.)
Northern Pacific Railway Company.
1800-1899
HISTORY > State & Local.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
Economic history.
Fargo (N.D.) > History > 19th century.
Moorhead (Minn.) > History > 19th century.
Fargo (N.D.) > Economic conditions > 19th century.
Moorhead (Minn.) > Economic conditions > 19th century.
Minnesota > Moorhead.
North Dakota > Fargo.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • At the crossing : the incorporation of Fargo and Moorhead
  • Booster dreams : Henry Bruns and Moorhead's collapse
  • Boomtown on the prairie : Fargo becomes a gateway city
  • Old and new Americans : the people of Fargo and Moorhead
  • Domestic virtues : middle-class moral order
  • Vagabonds, workers, and purveyors of vice
  • Building a better community : the politics of good government.

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