The Great Northern Railway by Muriel E. Hidy PAPERBACK 9780816644292

University of Minnesota Press

The Great Northern Railway\nby Muriel E. Hidy\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Muriel E. Hidy\nTitle: The Great Northern Railway\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: History\nPublisher: University of Minnesota Press\nPublication year: 2004\nISBN-13: 9780816644292\nISBN-10: 0816644292\nRRP: \u00A323.99\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nThe definitive history of one of the nation's great transcontinental railroads In the sprawling Northwest, from the upper Mississippi River valley to Puget Sound, no railroad shaped the landscape and society like the Great Northern Railway Company. This is the complete history of that enterprise, from 1856, when the first charter was granted, through the era of James J. Hillknown as the Empire Builderto its maturation and eventual merger in 1970, wh.