Details the history of the new transcontinental line, the Pacific Extension of the Great Northern Railway which brought steamcar civilization to a sprawling region from the upper Mississippi Valley to Puget Sound. Chronicle's the railroad's growth throughout the Northwest, the railway's early strategies an dphilosophy, employee relations and campaigns to develop the service area, also stressing the work of James Jerome Hill. Original invoice, loose inside front cover.
Appendices (4), Bibliography, Index.
B&w photos, maps, tables.
Item Date:
1988
Size:
22 x 29 cm
Pages:
360
Author:
Hidy, Ralph W.; Hidy, Muriel E.; Scott, Roy V with Hofommer, Don L.
