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Historian Carroll Engelhardt chronicles the story of Fargo and Moorhead's birth and growth when settlers from far and wide poured in, creating a diverse population and vital culture. There are many histories of major U.S. cities, but in Gateway to the Northern Plains Engelhardt reveals how the small cities of the plains have made their mark on the country.

William A. McKenzie offers a lavishly illustrated and richly detailed account of hospitality on the Northern Pacific Railway. McKenzie includes authentic recipes used on the line, such as the Great Big Baked Potato and Washington Apple Pan Cake. Dining Car to the Pacific will be a treasured addition to the libraries of historians, cooks, and anyone with nostalgia for the dining car experience.

In California, and throughout the nation, the period between 1900 and the outbreak of World War I featured the growing discontent of farmers. In addition to the railroads, their wrath was directed at the meatpacking, banking, and manufacturing monopolies. The real power in California was the Southern Pacific Railroad. Beginning with its construction, the political activities of the Southern Pacific shaped California's immediate future. Shortly after Collis Huntington's death in 1900, his nephew, Henry, sold control of the Southern Pacific to E. H. Harriman, builder of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company. Out of 73 local lines, Henry Huntington then formed a new interurban railway system to serve the Los Angeles area. By 1912, California progressives played a role in founding a third national political party headed by former President Theodore Roosevelt. Under this new Progressive party banner, T.R. was again nominated for the presidency.

Intro -- Contents -- Illustrations and Figures -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- One: Introduction: 'A Tragedy Rather than Otherwise' -- Two: 'In a Hole': Entry into British Columbia, 1902-12 -- Three: 'Banging Right through on a Straight Line': Construction -- Four: 'Too Good or Too Fat for the Job': Labour Relations -- Five: 'A Frail Little City': Prince Rupert -- Six: 'A Hold-up Business': Acquisition of Indian Lands -- Seven: In the Hollow of the Corporation's Hand': Prince George -- Eight: 'For Pure Spite': Hazelton District -- Nine: 'Grand Trafficker of Promises': Operations, 1914-19 -- Ten: Conclusion: 'The Tenderloin and the Hook' -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.

On December 16, 1873, a large crowd gathered just outside the small town of Tacoma, Washington, to drive the last spike in the just‐completed western leg of Northern Pacific's transcontinental railroad. Tacoma's last‐spike ceremony encapsulates many elements of a broader story about the boundaries and barriers created by railroads in the Pacific Northwest. A frenzy of railroad construction set off the region's first major economic boom in 1880, created tens of thousands of jobs, turned villages into cities and linked businesses and people with national and global markets. Between 1880 and 1890 the total railroad trackage in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana increased six fold, from 1,124 miles to 6,090 miles. An 1890 Northern Pacific publication typifies railroad promotion, starting with the “varied and striking scenery” and “cultivated country”. With several railroads competing for a fixed number of passengers, the Northern Pacific claimed the cities on its route, offered “better opportunities” for settlement and business.

The Merger Guidelines of the US Department of Justice provide the framework for a detailed analysis of the competitive implications of the proposed merger of the Santa Fe and Southern Pacific railroads. Although the gross welfare loss from the merger is found to be large--in the range of $40-230 million per year--the transfers from shippers to the railroads are much larger. Thus an overall welfare calculus requires not only an accurate estimate of the efficiencies resulting from the merger but also a judgment as to the welfare relevance of wealth transfers.