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Profiting from the Plains
Author | : Claire M. Strom |
Publsiher | : University of Washington Press |
Total Pages | : 240 |
Release | : 2011-10-17 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780295802114 |
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Profiting from the Plains looks at two inextricably linked historical movements in the United States: the westward expansion of the great Northern Railway and the agricultural development of the northern plains. Claire Strom explores the persistent, idiosyncratic attempts by the Great Northern to boost agricultural production along its rail routes from St. Paul to Seattle between 1878 and 1917. Lacking a federal land grant, the Great Northern could not make money through land sales like other railways. It had to rely on haulage to make a profit, and the greatest potential for increasing haulage lay in farming. The energetic and charismatic owner of the Great Northern Railway, James J. Hill, spearheaded most of the initiatives undertaken by his corporation to boost agricultural production. He tried, often unsuccessfully, to persuade farmers of the profitability of his methods, which were largely based on his personal farming experience. When Hill�s initial efforts to increase haulage failed, he shifted his focus to working with outside agencies and institutions, often providing them with the funding to pursue projects he hoped would profit his railroad. At the time, state and federal agencies were also promoting agricultural development through irrigation, conservation, and dryland farming, but their agendas often clashed with those of the Great Northern Railway. Because Hill failed to grasp the extent to which politicians� goals differed from those of the railroad, his use of federal expertise to promote agricultural change often backfired. But despite these obstacles, the railroad magnate ironically remained among the last defenders of the small-scale farmer modeled on Jeffersonian idealism. This fascinating story of railroad politics and development ties into themes of corporate and federal sponsorship, which are increasingly recognized as fundamental to western history. As the first scholarly examination of James J. Hill�s agricultural enterprises, Profiting from the Plains makes an important contribution to the biography of the popular and controversial Hill, as well as to western and environmental history.
Replenishing the Earth
Author | : James Belich |
Publsiher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 587 |
Release | : 2011-05-05 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780199604548 |
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Pioneering study of the anglophone 'settler boom' in North America, Canada, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand between the early 19th and early 20th centuries, looking at what made it the most successful of all such settler revolutions, and how this laid the basis of British and American power in the 19th and 20th centuries.
Railroad History
Author | : Anonim |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 664 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Railroads |
ISBN | : STANFORD:36105121712702 |
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Under Western Skies
Author | : Donald Worster |
Publsiher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 305 |
Release | : 1992 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780195086713 |
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ns explore our environmental history, uncover the role of nature and the land in the western past, and examine the West as the world's first multicultural society.
Annals of Wyoming
Author | : Anonim |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 288 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : West (U.S.) |
ISBN | : UIUC:30112103909989 |
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North Central Volume of the Directory of Nursing Home Facilities
Author | : National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.) |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 342 |
Release | : 1975 |
Genre | : Nursing homes |
ISBN | : PURD:32754081209730 |
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Cumulative List of Organizations Described in Section 170 c of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954
Author | : Anonim |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 908 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations |
ISBN | : UFL:31262071226400 |
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Report of the Secretary of Agriculture
Author | : United States. Department of Agriculture |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 135 |
Release | : 1970 |
Genre | : Agriculture |
ISBN | : STANFORD:36105019619993 |
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