Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-338) and index.
Contents:
Railroad beginning in the Snake River country, 1864-1883 -- The Columbia and Palouse Railroad to 1886 and the fall of Villard -- The Northern Pacific prepares to return to the Palouse, 1885-86 -- Lease negotiations, 1881-87 -- The Spokane and Palouse construction: Marshall to Belmont, 1886-87 -- The Spokane & Palouse extends to Genesee, 1886-88 -- Oregon Railway & navigation projection and expansion in the Palouse, 1884-1890 -- The joint lease and the arbitration contract negotiations, 1887-89 -- Early projections of the Spokane & Palouse to Colfax and Penawawa, 1885-92 -- The S&P and the ORN consider routes to Lewiston, 1885-92 -- S&P operation, the Lewiston extension construction, 1890-93 and the Farmington branch, 1890-1910 -- James J. Hill, the great Northern and the Palouse, to 1894 -- The Palouse Railroads during the Northern Pacific receivership, 1893-96 -- The completion of the Lewiston extension and the demise of the Spokane & Palouse, 1897-1900 -- The Northern Pacific, James J. Hill and E. H. Harriman and the Snake River country, 1897-1901 -- Conflict and agreement, 1901-1910 -- The Columbia & Palouse Railroad and the La Crosse gateway, 1887 to 1980 -- Projections, surveys and construction, 1886-1913 -- New railroads in the Palouse, 1901-1910 -- Palouse & Lewiston branches, 1901-1910.
Summary:
"A detailed history and reference work concerning railroads south of Spokane, Washington, and north of the Snake River."--Provided by publisher.
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