Tracks to the sea : Galveston and western railroad development, 1866-1900 /

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Author / Creator:Young, Earle B., 1929-
Edition:1st ed.
Imprint:College Station, Tex. : Texas A&M University Press, 1999.
Description:158 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language:English
Series:Centennial series of the Association of Former Students, Texas A&M University no. 83
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4428932
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ISBN:0890968837 (cloth)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. [145]-149) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Ch. 1. Planning Efforts for New Railroads
  • Ch. 2. Galveston's Own Railroad Emerges
  • Ch. 3. The Path into Bankruptcy - and Out
  • Ch. 4. The Rapidly Changing West
  • Ch. 5. Gould Eyes Galveston and the GC&SF
  • Ch. 6. Gould Stymied: First the Pool, Then the Sale
  • Ch. 7. Huntington Looks Eastward
  • Ch. 8. The Southern Pacific Comes to Galveston.