The Advent of Railroads in Wisconsin
by
Axel Lorenzsonn
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2010
Based on the author’s extensive research into the early history of Wisconsin’s rails, Steam and Cinders chronicles the boom and bust of the first railroads in the state, from the charters of the 1830s to the farm mortgages of the 1850s and consolidation of the railroads on the eve of the Civil...