Download or read book Jay Cooke s Gamble written by M. John Lubetkin and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2014-04-23 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1869, Jay Cooke, the brilliant but idiosyncratic American banker, decided to finance the Northern Pacific, a transcontinental railroad planned from Duluth, Minnesota, to Seattle. M. John Lubetkin tells how Cooke’s gamble reignited war with the Sioux, rescued George Armstrong Custer from obscurity, created Yellowstone Park, pushed frontier settlement four hundred miles westward, and triggered the Panic of 1873. Staking his reputation and wealth on the Northern Pacific, Cooke was soon whipsawed by the railroad’s mismanagement, questionable contracts, and construction problems. Financier J. P. Morgan undermined him, and the Crédit Mobilier scandal ended congressional support. When railroad surveyors and army escorts ignored Sioux chief Sitting Bull’s warning not to enter the Yellowstone Valley, Indian attacks—combined with alcoholic commanders—led to embarrassing setbacks on the field, in the nation’s press, and among investors. Lubetkin’s suspenseful narrative describes events played out from Wall Street to the Yellowstone and vividly portrays the soldiers, engineers, businessmen, politicians, and Native Americans who tried to build or block the Northern Pacific.

Download or read book History of the Northern Pacific Railroad written by Eugene Virgil Smalley and published by New York : Putnam. This book was released on 1883 with total page 582 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Official Northern Pacific Railway Guide written by Northern Pacific Railway Company and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Annual Report of the Northern Pacific Railway Company for the Fiscal Year ten Months Ending June 30 written by Northern Pacific Railway Company and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Orphan Road written by Kurt E. Armbruster and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Seattle residents were bitterly disappointed in 1873 when the Northern Pacific selected rival Tacoma as the future Puget Sound terminus for Washington Territory's first transcontinental railroad. This book depicts the growth of railways across the Puget Sound region, including Tacoma's frantic quest for a saltwater terminal of their own, descriptions of individual lines, and the colorful personalities and urban aspirations that eventually brought Seattle to the forefront of Washington commerce"--Provided by publisher.

Download or read book The Official Northern Pacific Railroad Guide written by Northern Pacific Railroad Company and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book The Great Northern Railway written by and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by historians at Harvard Business School, Mississippi State U., and St. Cloud State U. (Minn.), this history details the development and day- to-day affairs of this powerful business, and the careers of the main figures instrumental in its operation. This definitive work, first published by

Download or read book Railroad Signatures Across the Pacific Northwest written by Carlos A. Schwantes and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covers the impact of the railroad on the Pacific Northwest states, tracing its history from pre-railroad transportation to the completion of the Northern Pacific line in 1883

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Download or read book The Northern Pacific Land Grants written by United States. Congress. Joint committee on investigation of the North Pacific railroad land grants and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 1318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Northern Pacific Land Grants written by United States. Congress. Joint Congressional Committee on the Investigation of the Northern Pacific Railroad Land Grants and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 1366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Report of the President and Directors of the Northern Pacific Railroad Co to the Stockholders written by Northern Pacific Railroad Company and published by . This book was released on 1887 with total page 648 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Northern Pacific Land Grants Hearings before the subcommittee April 14 17 21 25 27 30 May 1 2 7 9 1925 1925 written by United States. Congress. Joint Congressional Committee on the Investigation of the Northern Pacific Railroad Land Grants and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 854 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book North Bank Road written by John T. Gaertner and published by Pullman, Wash. : Washington State University Press. This book was released on 1990 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A detailed history of one of J.J. Hill's enterprises--the line into the lucrative Willamette Valley (Portland and points south) where he could duke it out with Harriman's Southern Pacific. Many photos and charts. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.

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Download or read book The Northern Pacific Land Grants Hearings before the subcommittee May 11 16 18 20 1925 1925 written by United States. Congress. Joint Congressional Committee on the Investigation of the Northern Pacific Railroad Land Grants and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: