The great railroad war

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Book (large print)

Title:

The great railroad war

Author:

Lutz, Giles A. author

ISBN:

9781628999099

9781628999136

Edition:

Center Point Large Print edition.

Publication:

Thorndike, Maine : Center Point Large Print, 2016.

Physical Description:

254 pages (large print) ; 23 cm

Summary:

"Jason Keeler, a newly arrived lawyer, helps the towns of Enid and Pond Creek, Oklahoma, in their struggle against the unscrupulous railroad owners"-- Provided by publisher.

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Searching... Independence Public Library	LP WESTERN - LUTZ	Searching... Unknown

The expansion of the Rock Island Railroad into Oklahoma Indian Territory in 1887 had opened up large sections of land to eager settlers and speculators, not the least of which was the railroad itself. As small towns sprang up along the tracks, the Rock Island perpetrated a scheme whereby it only constructed depots in towns where it had controlling interest. They roared through the independent towns without even slowing down, and without realizing that the citizens of those towns had begun bringing crowbars to their angry meetings in the saloons at night.

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