Profiting from the Plains The Great Northern Railway and Corporate Development of the American West

Profiting from the Plains looks at two inextricably linked historical movements in the United States: the westward expansion of the Great Northern Railway and the agricultural development of the northern plains. Claire Strom explores the persistent, idiosyncratic attempts by owner James J. Hill to boost agricultural production along the Great Northern's rail routes from St. Paul to Seattle between 1878 and 1917.Strom, Claire is the author of 'Profiting from the Plains The Great Northern Railway and Corporate Development of the American West', published 2007 under ISBN 9780295986630 and ISBN 0295986638.