Gateway to the northern plains : railroads and the birth of Fargo and Moorhead / Carroll Engelhardt.

Title:

Personal Author:

Engelhardt, Carroll L.

Publication Information:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2022]

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xx, 366 pages) : illustrations, maps

General Note:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Contents:

At the crossing : the incorporation of Fargo and Moorhead -- Booster dreams : Henry Bruns and Moorhead's collapse -- Boomtown on the prairie : Fargo becomes a gateway city -- Old and new Americans : the people of Fargo and Moorhead -- Domestic virtues : middle-class moral order -- Vagabonds, workers, and purveyors of vice -- Building a better community : the politics of good government.

Summary:

Chronicles the growth of Moorhead and Fargo following the creation of the Northern Pacific Railroad. Includes black-and-white photographs.

Corporate Subject:

Northern Pacific Railway Company -- History.

Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.) -- History.

Geographic Term:

Fargo (N.D.) -- History -- 19th century

Moorhead (Minn.) -- History -- 19th century

Fargo (N.D.) -- Economic conditions -- 19th century

Moorhead (Minn.) -- Economic conditions -- 19th century

Genre:

Electronic books

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