Description: Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title:GalesburgISBN13:9781467114783ISBN10:1467114782Author:Mosher, Patty (Author)Description:The Origins Of Galesburg Can Be Traced To A Group Of Courageous Pioneers Who Came To This Gently Rolling Prairie In 1837 And Founded Knox College And The Town The Founders Were Staunch Abolitionists, And Galesburg Became A Major Stop On The Underground Railroad Farmers Bought Land Owned By The College And Reaped Bountiful Harvests From The Virgin Soil But, Galesburg Was More Than Just A College And Farming Community In The Mid- And Late-19Th Century, Two Major Railroads Came Through Town: The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (Cb&Q) And The Atchison, Topeka, & Santa Fe Railroad The Cb&Q Built One Of The Largest Rail Yards In The Nation, And It Is Still Expanding Today Manufacturers Took Advantage Of Galesburg's Ready Transportation And Able Workforce, And The Once-Small Town Transformed Into A Successful Municipality That Offered Good Jobs And Living Wages Small Businesses And Service Companies Thrived, And Main Street Stores Flourished Images Of America: Galesburg Contains Never-Before-Published Images That Show How Galesburg Citizens Worked, Played, And Worshipped From The 1880S To The 1960S Binding:Paperback, PaperbackPublisher:ARCADIA PUB (SC)Publication Date:2015-11-16Weight:0.7 lbsDimensions:0.4'' H x 9.1'' L x 6.5'' WNumber of Pages:128Language:English
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Book Title: Galesburg
Item Length: 9.2in
Item Height: 0.3in
Item Width: 6.5in
Author: Patty Mosher
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Subjects & Themes / Regional (See Also Travel / Pictorials), Pictorials (See Also Photography / Subjects & Themes / Regional), United States / MidWest / East North Central (IL, in, MI, OH, Wi), United States / State & Local / Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Publication Year: 2015
Genre: Photography, Travel, History
Item Weight: 0.7 Oz
Number of Pages: 128 Pages
