Bound by Steel and Stone: The Colorado-Kansas Railway and the Frontier of Enterprise in Colorado, 1890-1960

by J. Bradford Bowers

Book Overview

Bound by Steel and Stone analyzes the Colorado-Kansas Railway through the economic enterprise in the American West in the decades after the supposed 1890 closing of the frontier. In it, J. Bradford Bowers weaves a tale of reinvention against the backdrop of the newly settled West, showing how the railway survived in one form or another for nearly fifty years, overcoming competition from other railroads, a limited revenue base, and even more...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1646421272
• ISBN13: 9781646421275
• Release Date: July 2021
• Publisher: University Press of Colorado
• Length: 306 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 9.1"