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Gateway to the northern plains railroads and the birth of Fargo and Moorhead

Title
Gateway to the northern plains [electronic resource] : railroads and the birth of Fargo and Moorhead / Carroll Engelhardt.
Author
Engelhardt, Carroll L.
Publication
Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2007.

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Description
1 online resource (xx, 366 p.) : ill., maps.
Uniform Title
Gateway to the northern plains (Online)
Alternative Title
Gateway to the northern plains (Online)
Subject
  • Northern Pacific Railway Company > History
  • Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.) > History
  • Fargo (N.D.) > History > 19th century
  • Moorhead (Minn.) > History > 19th century
  • Fargo (N.D.) > Economic conditions > 19th century
  • Moorhead (Minn.) > Economic conditions > 19th century
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-350) and index.
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  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Contents
Railroads at Red River -- At the crossing : the incorporation of Fargo and Moorhead -- Booster dreams : Henry Bruns and Moorhead's collapse -- Boomtown on the prairie : Fargo becomes a gateway city -- In pursuit of vice and moral order -- Old and new Americans : the people of Fargo and Moorhead -- Domestic virtues : middle-class moral order -- Vagabonds, workers, and purveyors of vice -- Building a better community : the politics of good government.
LCCN
2006103291
OCLC
ssj0000160854
Author
Engelhardt, Carroll L.
Title
Gateway to the northern plains [electronic resource] : railroads and the birth of Fargo and Moorhead / Carroll Engelhardt.
Imprint
Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2007.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-350) and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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