LEADER 03880cam 22005534a 4500001 ssj0000253679 003 WaSeSS 005 20210912081211.0 006 m d 007 cr n 008 040415s2005 caua sb s001 0 eng d 010 2004008782 020 0520200195 (cloth : alk. paper) 035 (WaSeSS)ssj0000253679 040 DLC |cDLC |dDLC |dWaSeSS 042 pcc 043 n-us-can-usp-- 049 EREENEHH 050 00 HE2791.S794 |bO77 2005 082 00 385/.0978 |222 100 1 Orsi, Richard J. |=^A398833 245 10 Sunset limited |h[electronic resource] : |bthe Southern Pacific Railroad and the development of the American West, 1850-1930 / |cRichard J. Orsi. 260 Berkeley : |bUniversity of California Press, 300 xxii, 615 p. : |bill. ; |c23 cm. 504 Includes bibliographical references (p. 411-588) and index. 505 0 Foundations: "These mountains look too ugly and I see too much work ahead": building the Southern Pacific Company, 1850/1930; Men of vision: Southern Pacific leaders, land, agriculture, and the development of California and the West -- Land settlement: "Stand on the rights of the Company and make a square fight of it": land-grant myths, conflicts with government, and squatterism; The Mussel Slough affair; A land of "well-tilled little farms": land-grant development; Promoting the far West: 1860s-1900s -- Water: "The satisfactory supply is yet undiscovered": the Southern Pacific as a pioneer water developer; "A great encouragement for others": private irrigation; "This splendid country is to be reclaimed": public irrigation; "The government is hard to deal with": federal reclamation -- Agriculture: "Evangel train": scientific agriculture; "The damndest railroading you ever heard of": marketing the produce of western farms -- Conservation: "Shall this destruction proceed?": wilderness preservation; "Putting our properties on the most conservative and scientific basis": resource conservation -- Epilogue -- A note on Southern Pacific Company manuscript sources. 506 Available only to authorized users. 538 Mode of access: World Wide Web 610 20 Southern Pacific Railroad Company |xHistory. |=^A458107 610 20 Southern Pacific Company |xHistory. |=^A58166 610 20 Central Pacific Railroad Company |xHistory. |=^A215284 650 0 Railroads |zCalifornia |xHistory. |=^A170896 650 0 Water resources development |zWest (U.S.) |=^A1023810 650 0 Land use |zWest (U.S.) |xHistory. |=^A47999 651 0 West (U.S.) |xEconomic conditions |y20th century. |=^A166846 651 0 West (U.S.) |xEconomic conditions |y19th century. |=^A130412 651 0 West (U.S.) |xEnvironmental conditions |xHistory. |=^A64753 655 0 Electronic books. |=^A491897 856 40 |zFull text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/eastcarolina/detail.action?docID=231924 856 40 |zFull text available from Ebook Central - Public Library Complete |uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/eastcarolina/detail.action?docID=231924 856 40 |zFull text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |uhttps://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=132035&custid=s5822723&authtype=ip,shib 949 CLICK ON WEB ADDRESS |wASIS |hJOYNER188 949 CLICK ON WEB ADDRESS |wASIS |hHSL77 949 CLICK ON WEB ADDRESS |wASIS |hJMUSIC60 596 1 3 4 998 4291278