| Description |
1 online resource (x, 298 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-291) and index. |
| Summary |
"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"--Provided by publisher. |
| Contents |
Wanderjahre -- Volksblatt -- The belle of Cape Girardeau -- To cogitate and to dream: the coming of the railroad -- The Houck Roads -- Zwei Meinungen: Of two minds -- A damn fine lawyer -- St. Louis, Kennett and Southern and Allied Lines -- Academic Hall -- The histories -- Cape Girardeau Northern -- The big ditch -- A quiet religious mood. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Houck, Louis, 1840-1925.
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Houck, Louis, 1840-1925. |
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Southeast Missouri State University -- History.
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Southeast Missouri State University. |
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History. |
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Houck, Louis, 1840-1925. |
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Southeast Missouri State University -- History. |
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Pioneers -- Missouri -- Biography.
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Pioneers. |
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Missouri. |
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Biographies.
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German Americans -- Missouri -- Biography.
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German Americans. |
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Businessmen -- Missouri -- Biography.
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Businessmen. |
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Railroads -- Missouri -- History.
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Railroads. |
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Historians -- Missouri -- Biography.
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Historians. |
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Cape Girardeau (Mo.) -- Biography.
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Rhodes, Joel P., 1967- Missouri railroad pioneer. Columbia : University of Missouri Press, ©2008 9780826217981 0826217982 (DLC) 2007052626 (OCoLC)182851115 |
| ISBN |
9780826266422 (electronic book) |
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0826266428 (electronic book) |
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9780826217981 (alkaline paper) |
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0826217982 (alkaline paper) |
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