Book ID: CBB751232664

A Missouri Railroad Pioneer: The Life of Louis Houck (2008)

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Rhodes, Joel P. (Author)


University of Missouri Press


Publication Date: 2008
Physical Details: x + 298 pp., illustrations, maps
Language: English

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. (Publisher)

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Review Scott, Bradley A. (Fall-Winter 2008) Review of "A Missouri Railroad Pioneer: The Life of Louis Houck". Railroad History (pp. 99-100). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Grant, H. Roger
Hofsommer, Don L.
Reevy, Tony
Schwantes, Carlos Arnaldo
White, John H., Jr.
Lester, David C.
Journals
Railroad History
Publishers
Indiana University Press
Johns Hopkins University Press
Oxford University Press
Yale University Press
Cloud Camp Press, LLC
Chicago & North Western Historical Society
Concepts
Railroads
Biographies
Land transportation
Labor and Laborers, Railroad
Businesspeople
Locomotives, steam
People
Delano, Jack
Langdon, Jervis, Jr.
Garrett, John W.
Barriger, John W. (John Walker), 1899-1976
Samuel Spencer (1847-1896)
Rosenwald, Julius
Time Periods
19th century
20th century
20th century, late
21st century
Places
United States
Missouri (U.S.)
Great Britain
Midwestern states (U.S.)
Western states (U.S.)
Institutions
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
United States. Farm Security Administration
Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac Railroad
Office of War Information
Missouri Pacific Railroad Company
Wabash Railroad Company
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