A Mighty Fine Road: A History of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Company

by H Roger Grant

Book Overview

The Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad's history is one of big booms and bigger busts. When it became the first railroad to reach and then cross the Mississippi River in 1856, it emerged as a leading American railroad company. But after aggressive expansion and a subsequent change in management, the company struggled and eventually declared bankruptcy in 1915. What followed was a cycle of resurrections and bankruptcies; a grueling, ten-year,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253049881
• ISBN13: 9780253049889
• Release Date: October 2020
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher