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
Hofsommer, Don L.
Grant, H. Roger
Hansen, Peter A.
Richard Haw
Watson, J. Francis
Anschutz, Philip
Concepts
Land transportation
Biographies
Railroads
Businesspeople
Management; administration
Photography of railroads
Time Periods
19th century
20th century
Places
United States
Missouri (U.S.)
Western states (U.S.)
Midwestern states (U.S.)
Michigan (U.S.)
Canada
Institutions
Southern Railway (U.S.)
Missouri Pacific Railroad Company
Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac Railroad
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
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