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.
Hansen, Peter A.
Richard Haw
Watson, J. Francis
Reevy, Tony
Anschutz, Philip
Journals
Railroad History
Publishers
Indiana University Press
Schiffer Publishing, Ltd.
KG Productions
Wolffe Press
Richmond, Fredericksburg
Cloud Camp Press, LLC
Concepts
Land transportation
Biographies
Railroads
Photography of railroads
Businesspeople
Labor and Laborers, Railroad
People
Bodine, A. Aubrey
Rosenwald, Julius
Delano, Jack
Young, J. J., Jr. (John Joseph), 1928-2004
Hill, James J. (1838-1916)
Samuel Spencer (1847-1896)
Time Periods
19th century
20th century
Places
United States
Missouri (U.S.)
Western states (U.S.)
Great Britain
Institutions
Southern Railway (U.S.)
Wabash Railroad Company
Missouri Pacific Railroad Company
Office of War Information
Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac Railroad
United States. Farm Security Administration
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