01909nam a2200397 a 4500 ebr10277752 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 080107s2008 mouab sb s001 0beng 2007052626 9780826217981 (alk. paper) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)315478405 n-us-mo F466.H86 R48 2008eb 977.8/03092 B 22 Rhodes, Joel P., 1967- A Missouri railroad pioneer [electronic resource] : the life of Louis Houck / Joel P. Rhodes. Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2008. x, 298 p. : ill., maps. Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-291) and index. "Examines the life of a self-taught Cape Girardeau railroader whose network of more than five hundred miles of track transformed southeastern Missouri in the late nineteenth century. Louis Houck also helped establish the college now known as Southeast Missouri State University and wrote a noted history of Missouri"--Provided by publisher. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Houck, Louis, 1840-1925. Southeast Missouri State University History. Pioneers Missouri Biography. German Americans Missouri Biography. Businessmen Missouri Biography. Railroads Missouri History. Historians Missouri Biography. Cape Girardeau (Mo.) Biography. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10277752 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 20430 20430