03431nam 2200613Ia 450 991078332000332120230313221516.00-520-94086-51-59875-540-4(CKB)1000000000030645(EBL)231924(OCoLC)475938363(SSID)ssj0000253679(PQKBManifestationID)11176574(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000253679(PQKBWorkID)10204721(PQKB)11585438(StDuBDS)EDZ0000055934(Au-PeEL)EBL231924(CaPaEBR)ebr10079949(MiAaPQ)EBC231924(EXLCZ)99100000000003064520040415d2005 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierSunset limited the Southern Pacific Railroad and the development of the American West, 1850-1930 /Richard J. OrsiBerkeley :University of California Press,2005.1 online resource (xxii, 615 pages) illustrations, mapsDescription based upon print version of record.0-520-20019-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.The only major U.S. railroad to be operated by westerners and the only railroad built from west to east, the Southern Pacific acquired a unique history and character. It also acquired a reputation, especially in California, as a railroad that people loved to hate.RailroadsCaliforniaHistoryWater resources developmentWest (U.S.)Land useWest (U.S.)HistoryWest (U.S.)Economic conditions20th centuryWest (U.S.)Economic conditions19th centuryWest (U.S.)Environmental conditionsHistoryRailroadsHistory.Water resources developmentLand useHistory.385/.0978Orsi Richard J1482199MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910783320003321Sunset limited3796881UNINA