| Wheat Country Railroad: The Northern Pacific's Spokane & Palouse and Competitors Contributor(s): Beach, Philip F. (Author) |
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ISBN: 087422361X ISBN-13: 9780874223613 Publisher: Washington State University Press OUR PRICE: $45.00 Product Type: Hardcover Published: December 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Transportation | Railroads - History - History | United States - State & Local - Pacific Northwest (or, Wa) |
| Dewey: 385.097 |
| LCCN: 2018015310 |
| Physical Information: 1.4" H x 8.6" W x 11.1" (2.80 lbs) 368 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Recognizing the profit potential, East Coast financial interests, as well as powerful Portland and Puget Sound players battled for economic supremacy on the Palouse. Initially as partners and later as opponents, the Oregon Railway & Navigation Co., Union Pacific, and Northern Pacific Railroad laid rail, invested capital, speculated, and built a remarkable infrastructure that included the Columbia and Palouse Railroad and the competing Spokane & Palouse Railway. Their intense rivalry played a critical role in eastern Washington and northwest Idaho's agricultural and population growth. Based on internal railroad correspondence and documents, and contemporary publications and newspapers, "Wheat Country Railroad" offers the most comprehensive and detailed study ever compiled of the area's late 19th and early 20th century railroading, presenting a unique reference work on railroads in the West and nation during the Gilded Age and beyond. |
Contributor Bio(s): Beach, Philip F.: - Now retired, Philip F. Beach was a political science professor for thirty-five years. He has published multiple articles on Washington and Idaho railroad history. |