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Author

Engelhardt, Carroll L.

Title Gateway to the northern plains [electronic resource] : railroads and the birth of Fargo and Moorhead / Carroll Engelhardt.

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Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2007.

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Available to Pittsburg State University patrons only.

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Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe ProQuest E-Book	Electronic Book	---	Available

Description	xx, 366 p. : ill., maps.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	At the crossing : the incorporation of Fargo and Moorhead -- Booster dreams : Henry Bruns and Moorhead's collapse -- Boomtown on the prairie : Fargo becomes a gateway city -- Old and new Americans : the people of Fargo and Moorhead -- Domestic virtues : middle-class moral order -- Vagabonds, workers, and purveyors of vice -- Building a better community : the politics of good government.
Reproduction	Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject	Northern Pacific Railway Company -- History.
	Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.) -- History.
	Fargo (N.D.) -- History -- 19th century.
	Moorhead (Minn.) -- History -- 19th century.
	Fargo (N.D.) -- Economic conditions -- 19th century.
	Moorhead (Minn.) -- Economic conditions -- 19th century.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Added Author	ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN	9780816649563 (hc : alk. paper)
	9780816649570 (pb : alk. paper)
	9780816654307
	0816649561 (hc/j : alk. paper)