Sunset limited [electronic resource] : the Southern Pacific Railroad and the development of the American West, 1850-1930 / Richard J. Orsi.
By: Orsi, Richard J
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TextPublisher: Berkley : University of California Press, c2005Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. 409-588) and index.Description: 1 online resource (xxii, 615 p.) : ill., maps.ISBN: 9780520940864 (electronic bk.); 0520940865 (electronic bk.); 1423700074 (electronic bk.); 9781423700074 (electronic bk.).Subject(s): 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 -- HistoryGenre/Form: Electronic books DDC classification: 385/.0978 Online resources: Access full-text materials at no charge: | Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 409-588) and index.
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.
The only major US railroad built from west to east, the Southern Pacific played a major role in the shaping of the West & the development of southern California in particular. 'Sunset Limited' explores the corporate strategy over time to reveal how the company saw its place in the world.
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