the Southern Pacific Railroad and the development of the American West, 1850-1930 Orsi, Richard J. creator ebrary, Inc text bibliography Electronic books. cau Berkeley University of California Press c2005 2005 monographic eng

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xxii, 615 p. Foundations: "These mountains look too ugly and I see too much work ahead": building the Southern Pacific Company, 1850/1930; Men of vision: Southern Pacific leaders, land, agriculture, and the development of California and the West -- Land settlement: "Stand on the rights of the Company and make a square fight of it": land-grant myths, conflicts with government, and squatterism; The Mussel Slough affair; A land of "well-tilled little farms": land-grant development; Promoting the far West: 1860s-1900s -- Water: "The satisfactory supply is yet undiscovered": the Southern Pacific as a pioneer water developer; "A great encouragement for others": private irrigation; "This splendid country is to be reclaimed": public irrigation; "The government is hard to deal with": federal reclamation -- Agriculture: "Evangel train": scientific agriculture; "The damndest railroading you ever heard of": marketing the produce of western farms -- Conservation: "Shall this destruction proceed?": wilderness preservation; "Putting our properties on the most conservative and scientific basis": resource conservation -- Epilogue -- A note on Southern Pacific Company manuscript sources. Richard J. Orsi. Includes bibliographical references and index. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Southern Pacific Railroad Company History Southern Pacific Company History Railroads California History Water resources development West (U.S.) Land use West (U.S.) History West (U.S.) Economic conditions 20th century West (U.S.) Economic conditions 19th century West (U.S.) Environmental conditions History TF25.S68 O77 2005eb 385/.0978 http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10079949 http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10079949 CaPaEBR 040415 ebr10079949