Download or read book The Quanah Route written by Donovan L. Hofsommer and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Iron Horse forever changed the American West, from a wild frontier to a network of scattered settlements tied together by steel rails. Behind the romantic image of the galloping Iron Horse, however, lies a rich history of American business activity. Railway giants have dominated this history, but small companies such as the Quanah, Acme & Pacific Railway Company (QA&P), a short line that operated in four counties of northwestern Texas from near the turn of the century into the 1980s, had just as great an impact in their areas of operation as the giants did on the national scene. The QA&P developed in an era when railroads were tightly regulated by the Railroad Commission of Texas and the federal Interstate Commerce Commission. The in-depth historical analysis of an American short line railroad presented here is in essence the study of all such carriers in the era before deregulation. Fully illustrated with photographs and memorabilia, this volume covers the Quanah Route's birth, valiant struggle for life, and eventual demise in a changing regulatory and competitive environment. This then is a history not only of a railroad but also of its service area, particularly during one of the last great railroad construction booms, which took place in West Texas during the 1920s. Through the years of the QA&P's life, energetic men such as Sam Lazarus and Charles Sommer juggled political and financial concerns against the changing times, Lazarus making the deal by which the QA&P became a subsidiary of the St. Louis–San Francisco (Frisco) road. In the end, the "good roads movement," trucking industry, and growing American passion for the private automobile spelled the end of the railroads' golden age as the prime carrier of passengers and products. As traced by Don L. Hofsommer in the full archives of the QA&P, the history of this short line railroad embodies the pulse and pathos of a place through the changing times of the twentieth century.

Download or read book The Quanah Route written by Charles C. Britton and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Through Routes written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce and published by . This book was released on 1936 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Interstate Commerce Commission Reports written by United States. Interstate Commerce Commission and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 932 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Hearings written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce and published by . This book was released on with total page 1548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Through Routes Hearings Before a Subcommittee on S 1261 December 16 17 1937 and April 5 6 7 8 1938 written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce and published by . This book was released on 1938 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Quanah Parker Comanche Chief written by William T. Hagan and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2012-11-15 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The son of white captive Cynthia Ann Parker, Quanah Parker rose from able warrior to tribal leader on the Comanche reservation. Between 1875 and his death in 1911, Quanah dealt with local Indian agents and with presidents and other high officials in Washington, facing the classic dilemma of a leader caught between the dictates of an occupying power and the wrenching physical and spiritual needs of his people. He maintained a remarkable blend of progressive and traditional beliefs, and contrary to government policy, he practiced polygamy and the peyote religion. In this crisp and readable biography, William T Hagan presents a well-balanced portrait of Quanah Parker, the chief, and Quanah, the man torn between two worlds.

Download or read book Surface Transportation written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Considers legislation to revise rail and motor carriers routes and rates.

Download or read book Through Routes Hearing Before a Subcommittee on H R 5364 written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce and published by . This book was released on 1936 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Index digest analysis of Decisions Under the Interstate Commerce Commission Act written by United States. Interstate Commerce Commission and published by . This book was released on 1936 with total page 1042 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book The City and the Railway in the World from the Nineteenth Century to the Present written by Ralf Roth and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-07-18 with total page 499 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume explores the relationship between cities and railways over three centuries. Despite their nearly 200-year existence, The City and the Railway in the World shows that urban railways are still politically and historically important to the modern world. Since its inception, cities have played a significant role in the railway system; cities were among the main reasons for building such efficient but lavish and costly modes of transport for persons, goods, and information. They also influenced the technological appearance of railways as these have had to meet particular demands for transport in urban areas. In 25 essays, this volume demonstrates that the relationship between the city and the railway is one of the most publicly debated themes in the context of daily lives in growing urban settings, as well as in the second urbanisation of the global South with migration from rural to urban landscapes. The volume’s broad geographical range includes discussions of railway networks, railway stations, and urban rails in countries such as India, Japan, England, Belgium, Romania, Nigeria, the USA, and Mexico. The City and the Railway in the World will be a useful tool for scholars interested in the history of transport, travel, and urban change.