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Prairie Railroad Town by IE Quastler Rock Island RR shops Horton KS 1887-1946 SC
Prairie Railroad Town by IE Quastler
The Rock Island Railroad Shops at Horton, Kansas 1887-1946
Soft Cover
144 pages
Copyright 2003
CONTENTS
Acknowledgements7
Preface9
Chapter I - Planning for Invasion 11
Chapter II - Establishing Horton17
Chapter III - The Shops are Built 31
Chapter IV - Expansion and Absorption 43
Chapter V - Depression and Recovery 55
Chapter VI - From the Great Fire to 191965
Chapter VII - The Twenties 83
Chapter VIII - The Great Depression 101
Chapter IX - The Final Years119
Jules A. Bourquin - A Short Biography 135
About the Author138
Bibliography 139
Index141
ON THE BACK COVER
Horton, Kansas, was a classic American railroad town, For over a half century Horton's prosperity depended on jobs provided by the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway (the "Rock Island"), especially in the large shops the company built there in 1887. Here hundreds of men labored to build and maintain locomotives, passenger and freight cars and work equipment of all types. At its peak, the shops employed about 800 people. All this changed rapidly with the onset of the Great Depression in 1929, as employment dropped sharply, and in 1946 the shops were closed completely. Prairie Railroad Town recreates the days when Horton thrived along the rails of the mighty Rock Island Line. The book features more than 150 historic photographs, most never before published. These images provide fascinating glimpses into an era when railroads completely dominated American transportation.
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