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Farms, Ranches and Railroads
Author | : Colorado State University |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 30 |
Release | : 1945 |
Genre | : Agriculture |
ISBN | : |
Farms, Ranches and Grazing Lands for Sale by Union Pacific Railroad Company
Author | : Union Pacific Railroad Company |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 30 |
Release | : 1901 |
Genre | : Railroad land grants |
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Profiting from the Plains
Author | : Claire M. Strom |
Publisher | : University of Washington Press |
Total Pages | : 240 |
Release | : 2011-10-17 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0295802111 |
Profiting from the Plains looks at two inextricably linked historical movements in the United States: the westward expansion of the great Northern Railway and the agricultural development of the northern plains. Claire Strom explores the persistent, idiosyncratic attempts by the Great Northern to boost agricultural production along its rail routes from St. Paul to Seattle between 1878 and 1917. Lacking a federal land grant, the Great Northern could not make money through land sales like other railways. It had to rely on haulage to make a profit, and the greatest potential for increasing haulage lay in farming. The energetic and charismatic owner of the Great Northern Railway, James J. Hill, spearheaded most of the initiatives undertaken by his corporation to boost agricultural production. He tried, often unsuccessfully, to persuade farmers of the profitability of his methods, which were largely based on his personal farming experience. When Hill�s initial efforts to increase haulage failed, he shifted his focus to working with outside agencies and institutions, often providing them with the funding to pursue projects he hoped would profit his railroad. At the time, state and federal agencies were also promoting agricultural development through irrigation, conservation, and dryland farming, but their agendas often clashed with those of the Great Northern Railway. Because Hill failed to grasp the extent to which politicians� goals differed from those of the railroad, his use of federal expertise to promote agricultural change often backfired. But despite these obstacles, the railroad magnate ironically remained among the last defenders of the small-scale farmer modeled on Jeffersonian idealism. This fascinating story of railroad politics and development ties into themes of corporate and federal sponsorship, which are increasingly recognized as fundamental to western history. As the first scholarly examination of James J. Hill�s agricultural enterprises, Profiting from the Plains makes an important contribution to the biography of the popular and controversial Hill, as well as to western and environmental history.
Views and Descriptions of Burlington & Missouri River Railroad Lands, with Important Information Concerning where and how to Select and Purchase Farms in Iowa and Nebraska, on Ten Years' Credit
Author | : Burlington and Missouri River Railroad Company in Nebraska |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 86 |
Release | : 1872 |
Genre | : Iowa |
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The Farmer and the Railroads ....
Author | : Lehigh Valley Railroad Company |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 24 |
Release | : 1924 |
Genre | : Agriculture |
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Agricultural Improvements and Access to Rail Transportation
Author | : Jeremy Atack |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 27 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Agriculture |
ISBN | : |
Abstract: During the 1850s, land in U.S. farms surged by more than 100 million acres while almost 50 million acres of land were transformed from their raw, natural state into productive farmland. The time and expense of transforming this land into a productive resource represented a significant fraction of domestic capital formation at the time and was an important contributor to American economic growth. Even more impressive, however, was the fact that almost half of these total net additions to cropland occurred in just seven Midwestern states which comprised barely less than one-eighth of the land area of the country at that time. Using a new GIS-based transportation database linked to county-level census, we estimate that at least a quarter (and possibly two-thirds or more) of this increase can be linked directly to the coming of the railroad to the region. Farmers responded to the shrinking transportation wedge and rising revenue productivity by rapidly expanding the area under cultivation and these changes, in turn, drove rising farm and land values
Farming Opportunities Along the Lehigh Valley Railroad
Author | : Lehigh Valley Railroad Company Industri |
Publisher | : Palala Press |
Total Pages | : 52 |
Release | : 2016-04-22 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781354306055 |
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Farming Opportunities Along the Lehigh Valley Railroad ...
Author | : Lehigh Valley Railroad Company. Industrial Department |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 56 |
Release | : 1911 |
Genre | : Agriculture |
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