A Missouri railroad pioneer : the life of Louis Houck / Joel P. Rhodes

Author: Rhodes, Joel P., 1967-
Published: Columbia : University of Missouri Press, [2008]
Copyright Date: ©2008
Physical Description: x, 298 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

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Summary

"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.

Subject(s)

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

ISBN

9780826217981 (alk. paper)
0826217982 (alk. paper)

Bibliography Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-291) and index.

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