Railroad Signatures Across the Pacific Northwest

Railroad Signatures Across the Pacific Northwest
Author: Carlos A. Schwantes
Publisher:
Total Pages: 359
Release: 1993
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780295975351

Demonstrates that the railroads profoundly affected the way people lived, how they adjusted to the new opportunities or threats that swift and cheap transportation provided. In short, how they viewed the world.This book is for everyone fascinated by trains and their nineteenth-century opening of the great Northwest. With cases of pictures never before published this book tracks the stories of families lured to settle in the west, revelations about railroad buccaneers, and breathtaking engineering feats of bridges over daunting gorges - Gene Shalit, The Today Show, NBC.

The Pacific Northwest

The Pacific Northwest
Author: Carlos A. Schwantes
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Total Pages: 598
Release: 1996-01-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780803292284

Carlos Arnaldo Schwantes has revised and expanded the entire work, which is still the most comprehensive and balanced history of the region. This edition contains significant additional material on early mining in the Pacific Northwest, sea routes to Oregon in the early discovery and contact period, the environment of the region, the impact of the Klondike gold rush, and politics since 1945. Recent environmental controversies, such as endangered salmon runs and the spotted owl dispute, have been addressed, as has the effect of the Cold War on the region’s economy. The author has also expanded discussion of the roles of women and minorities and updated statistical information.

The Pacific Northwest

The Pacific Northwest
Author: Carlos Arnaldo Schwantes
Publisher:
Total Pages: 570
Release: 2014-04
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780803293786

Carlos Arnaldo Schwantes has revised and expanded the entire work, which is still the most comprehensive and balanced history of the region. This edition contains significant additional material on early mining in the Pacific Northwest, sea routes to Oregon in the early discovery and contact period, the environment of the region, the impact of the Klondike gold rush, and politics since 1945. Recent environmental controversies, such as endangered salmon runs and the spotted owl dispute, have been addressed, as has the effect of the Cold War on the regionOCOs economy. The author has also expanded discussion of the roles of women and minorities and updated statistical information."

Wealth and Resources of Oregon and Washington, the Pacific Northwest

Wealth and Resources of Oregon and Washington, the Pacific Northwest
Author: Union Pacific Railway Company
Publisher: Palala Press
Total Pages: 248
Release: 2016-05-19
Genre:
ISBN: 9781357531768

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Great Northern Railway in the Pacific Northwest

Great Northern Railway in the Pacific Northwest
Author: Jeff Wilson
Publisher: Kalmbach Publishing Company
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2001
Genre: Railroads
ISBN: 9780890244203

Travel the GNR through rugged mountain passes and Big Sky scenery. Includes views of the Empire Builder, plus track map and schematics.