Burlington West: A Colonization History of the Burlington RailroadHarvard University Press, 1941 - 583 páginas |
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... Galesburg . 105 There was but one missing link in the program as originally hatched in Boston , - the line between Burlington and Galesburg . To secure this outlet , the Peoria and Oquawka had to be persuaded to build through Galesburg ...
... Galesburg . 105 There was but one missing link in the program as originally hatched in Boston , - the line between Burlington and Galesburg . To secure this outlet , the Peoria and Oquawka had to be persuaded to build through Galesburg ...
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... Galesburg - I think in October - and a board was elected in a manner which had been agreed upon , and of that board Mr. John W. Brooks was made President , that is , of the Military Tract Company . He remained President of that road and ...
... Galesburg - I think in October - and a board was elected in a manner which had been agreed upon , and of that board Mr. John W. Brooks was made President , that is , of the Military Tract Company . He remained President of that road and ...
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... Galesburg three miles off of the road , thereby forcing Galesburg & vicinity to do their shipping business at Knoxville five miles east . Galesburg made an effort with the P & O Co. to get their road to pass through Galesburg , & have a ...
... Galesburg three miles off of the road , thereby forcing Galesburg & vicinity to do their shipping business at Knoxville five miles east . Galesburg made an effort with the P & O Co. to get their road to pass through Galesburg , & have a ...
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RAILWAY NETWORK IN THE UNITED STATES 1840 | 7 |
ORIGINS OF THE BURLINGTON SYSTEM | 9 |
ILLINOIS COUNTY MAP SHOWING RAILROADS AUTHORIZED UNDER | 14 |
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Burlington West: A Colonization History of the Burlington Railroad Richard Cleghorn Overton Vista de fragmentos - 1967 |
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acres advertising agents Annual Report April August Aurora Branch BMI ORB Boston Brooks Burlington and Missouri Burlington Weekly cash cent Chicago Circular City colonization commissioner company's Congress construction Council Bluffs December directors East eastern emigration farmers farms February Forbes Galesburg Grimes Hannibal Hannibal and St Harris Hawk-Eye Henn Ibid Illinois Central immigration interest Iowa and Nebraska January John Murray Forbes July June land department land grant Land Office later Lincoln Lowell March Michigan Central miles Military Tract Mills County Mississippi Moines North Platte November October Omaha Omaha Daily Herald Oquawka Ottumwa Peoria Perkins Plattsmouth preemption purchasers rail railroad land road Rock Island route Saline County Saline County Post selections September settlers sold South Steiger stockholders swamp swamplands Thielsen tion town Union Pacific Weekly Hawk-Eye western wrote York