A View from Center Street

A View from Center Street PDF Author: Mark Junge
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780974614700
Category : Casper (Wyo.)
Languages : en
Pages : 272

Book Description
"Photographer Tom Carrigen and his wife, Eva, established their DeLuxe Studio in 1922. From that central downtown location, between two titanic world wars, Tom photographed Casperites and their environs ... He catered to the needs of his customers, but in the process he also met the needs of his own creative vision. The result of his work is not only a remarkable portrait of a community, it is a testament to small town America."--The book jacket.

Land Use and Economic Development

Land Use and Economic Development PDF Author: National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 694

Book Description

History of Wyoming (Second Edition)

History of Wyoming (Second Edition) PDF Author: T. A. Larson
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 0803279361
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 679

Book Description
"The History of Wyoming" explains detailed information of territorial and state developments. This second edition also includes the post-World War II chapters containing discussion about the economy, society, culture and politics not included on the previous edition.

Central Wyoming Railroads

Central Wyoming Railroads PDF Author: Con Trumbull
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 146710700X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 128

Book Description
Starting with the great migration along the Oregon Trail in the 1840s, central Wyoming has long been a transportation corridor of the western United States. Railroad tracks first worked their way into the region in 1886 with the arrival of the Fremont, Elkhorn & Missouri Valley Railroad, building westward from Douglas to Lander. In 1913, the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad, after successfully building through the Wind River Canyon, began construction south and east through Casper to connect with its existing line at Orin Junction. Connecting central Wyoming to the outside world brought goods and people and allowed for the development of the oil fields, agriculture, industry, and tourism.

Hell on Wheels

Hell on Wheels PDF Author: Dick Kreck
Publisher: Fulcrum Publishing
ISBN: 1555919529
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 319

Book Description
Overnight settlements, better known as "Hell on Wheels," sprang up as the transcontinental railroad crossed Nebraska and Wyoming. They brought opportunity not only for legitimate business but also for gamblers, land speculators, prostitutes, and thugs. Dick Kreck tells their stories along with the heroic individuals who managed, finally, to create permanent towns in the interior West.

Rail-highway Crossing Safety

Rail-highway Crossing Safety PDF Author: Terry M. Klein
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Automobile drivers
Languages : en
Pages : 76

Book Description
This report was prepared as part of the June 1994 Departmental Rail-Highway Crossing Safety Action Plan. Initiative V.B, Data and Research-Demographics, called for a study describing the circumstances under which fatal rail crossing crashes occur and characteristics of the drivers involved in such crashes. This report compares fatal motor vehicle rail crossing crashes with fatal crashes occurring at intersections and all fatal crashes. Data from NHTSA's Fatal Accident Reporting System, supplemented with information from Claritas, a commercially available geodemographic database, were used to provide the descriptive statistics.

The West the Railroads Made

The West the Railroads Made PDF Author: Carlos A. Schwantes
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 262

Book Description
Includes schedule of the California Zephyr, and brief comments about points of interest along the route from Chicago to San Francisco.

Backwoods Railroads

Backwoods Railroads PDF Author: D. C. Jesse Burkhardt
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 174

Book Description
A reflection of the effects of highways--and their hugely subsidized trucks--upon railroads, and of the incompetence of the Southern Pacific. The trucks took much rail freight on the coast, the SP--partly through government rules & inertia--failed to meet the competition; many lines were closed, most of the rest were sold to small, hungry, competent firms. This is the story. It is well told in a style familiar to rail fans: lists of stations, engine rosters, control blocks. Abundant photos, a few in color. Current through the visit of the X2000 in mid-1993. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.
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