TY - BOOK AU - Strom,Claire TI - Profiting from the plains: the Great Northern Railway and corporate development of the American West SN - 0295983485 (cloth : alk. paper) AV - HE2791.G775 S77 2003 U1 - 385/.0978/09041 21 PY - 2003/// CY - Seattle PB - University of Washington Press KW - Hill, James J. KW - Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.) KW - History KW - Agriculture KW - Economic aspects KW - Great Plains KW - Businessmen KW - Biography KW - Railroads KW - United States KW - Economic conditions KW - 1865-1918 KW - West (U.S.) N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-214) and index; Trial and error, 1878-1893 -- Cooperation and Success, 1893-1902 -- "The nation's future," 1902-1907 -- Conflict and disillusion, 1907-1912 -- Isolation and expertise, 1907-1912 -- Retirement and retreat, 1912-1916 -- "The voice of the northwest" ER -