Overton, Richard C. - 1941
Frontmatter -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- MAPS -- GRAPHS -- NOTE ON DOCUMENTATION -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER I. ORIGINS OF THE BURLINGTON SYSTEM -- CHAPTER II. SOUTHERN IOWA PLANS ITS RAILROAD, 1852-1856 -- CHAPTER III. CONGRESS, SECTIONALISM, AND THE LAND GRANT, 1856 --...