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020			_z0520200195 (cloth : alk. paper)
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035			_a(OCoLC)70745806
050	1	4	_aTF25.S68 _bO77 2005eb
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100	1		_aOrsi, Richard J.
245	1	0	_aSunset limited _h[electronic resource] : _bthe Southern Pacific Railroad and the development of the American West, 1850-1930 / _cRichard J. Orsi.
260			_aBerkeley : _bUniversity of California Press, _cc2005.
300			_axxii, 615 p.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aFoundations: "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.
533			_aElectronic reproduction. _bPalo Alto, Calif. : _cebrary, _d2009. _nAvailable via World Wide Web. _nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
610	2	0	_aSouthern Pacific Railroad Company _xHistory.
610	2	0	_aSouthern Pacific Company _xHistory.
650		0	_aRailroads _zCalifornia _xHistory.
650		0	_aWater resources development _zWest (U.S.)
650		0	_aLand use _zWest (U.S.) _xHistory.
651		0	_aWest (U.S.) _xEconomic conditions _y20th century.
651		0	_aWest (U.S.) _xEconomic conditions _y19th century.
651		0	_aWest (U.S.) _xEnvironmental conditions _xHistory.
655		7	_aElectronic books. _2local
710	2		_aebrary, Inc.
856	4	0	_uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10079949 _zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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