LEADER 03431nam 2200613Ia 450 001 9910783320003321 005 20230313221516.0 010 $a0-520-94086-5 010 $a1-59875-540-4 035 $a(CKB)1000000000030645 035 $a(EBL)231924 035 $a(OCoLC)475938363 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000253679 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11176574 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000253679 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10204721 035 $a(PQKB)11585438 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000055934 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL231924 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10079949 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC231924 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000030645 100 $a20040415d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aSunset limited $ethe Southern Pacific Railroad and the development of the American West, 1850-1930 /$fRichard J. Orsi 210 1$aBerkeley :$cUniversity of California Press,$d2005. 215 $a1 online resource (xxii, 615 pages) $cillustrations, maps 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-520-20019-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aFoundations: "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. 330 $aThe 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. 606 $aRailroads$zCalifornia$xHistory 606 $aWater resources development$zWest (U.S.) 606 $aLand use$zWest (U.S.)$xHistory 607 $aWest (U.S.)$xEconomic conditions$y20th century 607 $aWest (U.S.)$xEconomic conditions$y19th century 607 $aWest (U.S.)$xEnvironmental conditions$xHistory 615 0$aRailroads$xHistory. 615 0$aWater resources development 615 0$aLand use$xHistory. 676 $a385/.0978 700 $aOrsi$b Richard J$01482199 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910783320003321 996 $aSunset limited$93796881 997 $aUNINA