To the Columbia Gateway: The Oregon Railway and the Northern Pacific, 1879-1884

by Peter J. Lewty

To the Columbia Gateway captures the excitement of the 19th-century frontier, covering the origins of the Northern Pacific Railroad and the Oregon Railway and Navigation companies, the rise and fall of Henry Villard's first empire, and the completion of the transcontinental tracks that converged on the Columbia Gateway in the late 19th century.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0874220300
• ISBN13: 9780874220308
• Release Date: January 1987
• Publisher: Washington State University Press
• Length: 202 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.