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To the Columbia Gateway : The Oregon Railway and the Northern Pacific, 1879-1884 Paperback - 1987
by Peter J. Lewty
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- Title To the Columbia Gateway : The Oregon Railway and the Northern Pacific, 1879-1884
- Author Peter J. Lewty
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Trade paperback
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 246
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Washington State University Press, Pullman, Washington, U.S.A.
- Date 1987
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps
- Bookseller's Inventory # G0874220297I3N00
- ISBN 9780874220292 / 0874220297
- Weight 0.94 lbs (0.43 kg)
- Dimensions 9 x 6.03 x 0.6 in (22.86 x 15.32 x 1.52 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 19th Century
- Cultural Region: Pacific Northwest
- Geographic Orientation: Oregon
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 87021041
- Dewey Decimal Code 385.097
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From the jacket flap
The excitement of the 19th-century frontier comes alive in this history of early-day railroading in the Pacific Northwest. Combining narrative with fascinating photographs and maps, the author successfully conveys a sense of the enormous time, money, and hard work required to build the first Pacific Northwest rail lines.
To the Columbia Gateway covers the origins of the Northern Pacific Railroad and the Oregon Railway and Navigation companies, the rise and fall of Henry Villard's first empire, and the completion of the transcontinental tracks that converged on the Columbia Gateway in the late 19th century.
Tales of personal sacrifice and hardship, for both laborers and railroad entrepreneurs, echo through Lewty's account of this formative era in Pacific Northwest history.