A Missouri Railroad Pioneer : The Life of Louis Houck /

Show other versions (2)

"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...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rhodes, Joel P., 1967-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Columbia : University of Missouri Press, 2008.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Houck, Louis, > 1840-1925.
Southeast Missouri State University.
Southeast Missouri State University > History.
Railroads.
Pioneers.
Historians.
German Americans.
Businessmen.
HISTORY > State & Local > General.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
HISTORY > State & Local.
Hommes d'affaires > Missouri > Biographies.
Pionniers > Missouri > Biographies.
Historians > Missouri > Biography.
Railroads > Missouri > History.
Businessmen > Missouri > Biography.
German Americans > Missouri > Biography.
Pioneers > Missouri > Biography.
Missouri > Cape Girardeau.
Missouri.
Cape Girardeau (Mo.) > Biography.
Biographies.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Description
Summary:"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 history of Missouri"--Provided by publisher
Physical Description:1 online resource (312 pages): illustrations, maps
ISBN:9780826266422

Similar Items