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Crossroads of a Continent - Missouri Railroads, 1851-1921 (Hardcover)
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Crossroads of a Continent - Missouri Railroads, 1851-1921 (Hardcover)
Series: Railroads Past and Present
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Crossroads of a Continent: Missouri Railroads, 1851-1921 tells the
story of the state's railroads and their vital role in American
history. Missouri and St. Louis, its largest city, are
strategically located within the American Heartland. On July 4,
1851, when the Pacific Railroad of Missouri began construction in
St. Louis, the city took its first step to becoming a major hub for
railroads. By the 1920s, the state was crisscrossed with railways
reaching toward all points of the compass. Authors Peter A. Hansen,
Don L. Hofsommer, and Carlos Arnaldo Schwantes explore the history
of Missouri railroads through personal, absorbing tales of the
cutthroat competition between cities and between railroads that
meant the difference between prosperity and obscurity, the
ambitions and dreams of visionaries Fred Harvey and Arthur
Stilwell, and the country's excitement over the St. Louis World's
Fair of 1904. Beautifully illustrated with over 100 color images of
historical railway ephemera, Crossroads of a Continent is an
engaging history of key American railroads and of Missouri's
critical contribution to the American story.
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