A
Missouri railroad pioneer
the life of Louis Houck
Rhodes, Joel P.
1967-
creator
ebrary, Inc
text
bibliography
biography
Electronic books.
mou
Columbia
University of Missouri Press
c2008
2008
monographic
eng
x, 298 p. : ill., maps.
"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.
Joel P. Rhodes.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-291) and index.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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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
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