Author: Darwin Scott Hall
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Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
History of the Minnesota State Agricultural Society from Its Organization in 1854 to the Annual Meeting of 1910
Author: Darwin Scott Hall
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 440
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Minnesota History
Author: Theodore Christian Blegen
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Category : Minnesota
Languages : en
Pages : 430
Book Description
Vol. 6 includes the 23d Biennial report of the Society, 1923/24, as an extra number.
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Category : Minnesota
Languages : en
Pages : 430
Book Description
Vol. 6 includes the 23d Biennial report of the Society, 1923/24, as an extra number.
Blue Ribbon
Author: Karal Ann Marling
Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Press
ISBN: 0873512529
Category : Minnesota State Fair
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
Covers everything from prize animals to fair architecture to speeches to Pronto Pups.
Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Press
ISBN: 0873512529
Category : Minnesota State Fair
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
Covers everything from prize animals to fair architecture to speeches to Pronto Pups.
Minnesota History Bulletin
Author: Theodore Christian Blegen
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Category : Minnesota
Languages : en
Pages : 940
Book Description
Vols. 2-6 include the 19th-23d Biennial reports of the Society, 1915/16-1923/24 (in v. 2-3 as supplements, in v. 4-6 as extra numbers).
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Category : Minnesota
Languages : en
Pages : 940
Book Description
Vols. 2-6 include the 19th-23d Biennial reports of the Society, 1915/16-1923/24 (in v. 2-3 as supplements, in v. 4-6 as extra numbers).
Iowa Journal of History
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Category : Iowa
Languages : en
Pages : 712
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Category : Iowa
Languages : en
Pages : 712
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The Iowa Journal of History and Politics
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Category : Iowa
Languages : en
Pages : 706
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Category : Iowa
Languages : en
Pages : 706
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Annual Report of the Minnesota State Agricultural Society
Author: Minnesota State Agricultural Society
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 384
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
The Cumulative Book Index
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 864
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 864
Book Description
Profiting from the Plains
Author: Claire M. Strom
Publisher: University of Washington Press
ISBN: 0295802111
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Profiting from the Plains looks at two inextricably linked historical movements in the United States: the westward expansion of the great Northern Railway and the agricultural development of the northern plains. Claire Strom explores the persistent, idiosyncratic attempts by the Great Northern to boost agricultural production along its rail routes from St. Paul to Seattle between 1878 and 1917. Lacking a federal land grant, the Great Northern could not make money through land sales like other railways. It had to rely on haulage to make a profit, and the greatest potential for increasing haulage lay in farming. The energetic and charismatic owner of the Great Northern Railway, James J. Hill, spearheaded most of the initiatives undertaken by his corporation to boost agricultural production. He tried, often unsuccessfully, to persuade farmers of the profitability of his methods, which were largely based on his personal farming experience. When Hill�s initial efforts to increase haulage failed, he shifted his focus to working with outside agencies and institutions, often providing them with the funding to pursue projects he hoped would profit his railroad. At the time, state and federal agencies were also promoting agricultural development through irrigation, conservation, and dryland farming, but their agendas often clashed with those of the Great Northern Railway. Because Hill failed to grasp the extent to which politicians� goals differed from those of the railroad, his use of federal expertise to promote agricultural change often backfired. But despite these obstacles, the railroad magnate ironically remained among the last defenders of the small-scale farmer modeled on Jeffersonian idealism. This fascinating story of railroad politics and development ties into themes of corporate and federal sponsorship, which are increasingly recognized as fundamental to western history. As the first scholarly examination of James J. Hill�s agricultural enterprises, Profiting from the Plains makes an important contribution to the biography of the popular and controversial Hill, as well as to western and environmental history.
Publisher: University of Washington Press
ISBN: 0295802111
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Profiting from the Plains looks at two inextricably linked historical movements in the United States: the westward expansion of the great Northern Railway and the agricultural development of the northern plains. Claire Strom explores the persistent, idiosyncratic attempts by the Great Northern to boost agricultural production along its rail routes from St. Paul to Seattle between 1878 and 1917. Lacking a federal land grant, the Great Northern could not make money through land sales like other railways. It had to rely on haulage to make a profit, and the greatest potential for increasing haulage lay in farming. The energetic and charismatic owner of the Great Northern Railway, James J. Hill, spearheaded most of the initiatives undertaken by his corporation to boost agricultural production. He tried, often unsuccessfully, to persuade farmers of the profitability of his methods, which were largely based on his personal farming experience. When Hill�s initial efforts to increase haulage failed, he shifted his focus to working with outside agencies and institutions, often providing them with the funding to pursue projects he hoped would profit his railroad. At the time, state and federal agencies were also promoting agricultural development through irrigation, conservation, and dryland farming, but their agendas often clashed with those of the Great Northern Railway. Because Hill failed to grasp the extent to which politicians� goals differed from those of the railroad, his use of federal expertise to promote agricultural change often backfired. But despite these obstacles, the railroad magnate ironically remained among the last defenders of the small-scale farmer modeled on Jeffersonian idealism. This fascinating story of railroad politics and development ties into themes of corporate and federal sponsorship, which are increasingly recognized as fundamental to western history. As the first scholarly examination of James J. Hill�s agricultural enterprises, Profiting from the Plains makes an important contribution to the biography of the popular and controversial Hill, as well as to western and environmental history.
Technical Note
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 1144
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 1144
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