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

By:

Engelhardt, Carroll L

Contributor(s):

ebrary, Inc

Publication details: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2007.Description: xx, 366 p. : ill., maps ; 27 cmSubject(s):

Genre/Form:

Electronic books.

DDC classification:

978.4/1301 22

LOC classification:

F644.F2 E54 2007eb

Online resources:

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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.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2008. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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