Author: Alexander Lovett StimsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Express service
Languages : en
Pages : 460
Book Description
History of the Express Companies
Author: Alexander Lovett StimsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Express service
Languages : en
Pages : 460
Book Description
History of the Express Companies: and the origin of American Railroads. ... Second edition
Author: A. L. STIMSONHistory of the Express Companies and the Origin of American Railroads
Author: Alexander Lovett StimsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Express service
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
History of Express Companies and American Railroads
Author: Alexander Lovett StimsonPublisher:
ISBN: 9781022313248
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Story of American Railroads
Author: Stewart H. HolbrookPublisher: Courier Dover Publications
ISBN: 0486799220
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 532
Book Description
Richly comprehensive history, featuring more than 100 photographs and contemporary prints. Involving struggles against nature, corrupt politicians, and other obstacles, the colorful account abounds in tales of ingenuity and colossal achievement.
The Transportation Revolution, 1815-60
Author: George R. TaylorPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317454189
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 539
Book Description
Part of a series of detailed reference manuals on American economic history, this volume traces the development and rapid growth of transportation across the USA in the mid-1800s.
Henry Bradley Plant
Author: Canter BrownPublisher: University Alabama Press
ISBN: 0817359664
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 373
Book Description
The first biography of Henry Bradley Plant, the entrepreneur and business magnate considered the father of modern Florida In this landmark biography, Canter Brown Jr. makes evident the extent of Henry Bradley Plant’s influences throughout North, Central, and South America as well as his role in the emergence of integrated transportation and a national tourism system. One of the preeminent historians of Florida, Brown brings this important but understudied figure in American history to the foreground. Henry Bradley Plant: Gilded Age Dreams for Florida and a New South carefully examines the complicated years of adventure and activity that marked Plant’s existence, from his birth in Connecticut in 1819 to his somewhat mysterious death in New York City in 1899. Brown illuminates Plant’s vision and perspectives for the state of Florida and the country as a whole and traces many of his influences back to events from his childhood and early adulthood. The book also elaborates on Plant’s controversial Civil War relationships and his utilization of wartime earnings in the postwar era to invest in the bankrupt Southern rail lines. With the success of his businesses such as the Southern Express Company and the Tampa Bay Hotel, Plant transformed Florida into a hub for trade and tourism—traits we still recognize in the Florida of today. This thoroughly researched biography fills important gaps in Florida’s social and economic history and sheds light on a historical figure to an extent never previously undertaken or sufficiently appreciated. Both informative and innovative, Brown’s volume will be a valuable resource for scholars and general readers interested in Southern history, business history, Civil War–era history, and transportation history.
Principles of Railroad Transportation
Author: Emory Richard JohnsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 690
Book Description
The Story of the Western Railroads
Author: Robert E. RiegelPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
On December 23, 1852, the first train on the first railroad west of the Mississippi River steamed proudly from St. Louis to Cheltenham—the immense distance of five miles. In that moment of exaltation, writes Robert Edgar Riegel, "flags waved, bands played, and orators prophesied the flowering of the West under the beneficent influence of the steam locomotive. For once the orators were right. An epoch was marked. Twenty-five years earlier the musical whistle of the locomotive was as yet unheard in the United States. Twenty-five years later steel tracks spanned the continent from New York to San Francisco." In this account of the railroad conquest of the United States, the author is primarily concerned with the western phase of the story. He follows the Iron Horse west through Indian trouble, labor difficulties, civil war, and farmer disillusionment to the completion of the western railroad net. All aspects of the subject—financial, industrial, engineering, as well as the development of railroad regulation—are covered in this classic work.
Dictionary of American History
Author: Michael Rheta MartinPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 9780822601241
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 748
Book Description
This easy-to-use dictionary contains succinct descriptions of more than 4,000-significant people, places, laws, institutions, events, political and social movements, catchphrases, and other terms important in American history. An ideal reference guide for all researchers of American history, the Dictionary of American History also includes the complete text of The Constitution of the United States.