A History of the Legal Development of the Railroad System of Southern Railway Company
Author: Fairfax Harrison
Publisher:
Published: 1901
Total Pages: 1544
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPosts
Southern Railway
Author: Tom Murray
Publisher:
Published:
Total Pages: 164
ISBN-13: 9781610605090
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIron Confederacies
Author: Scott Reynolds Nelson
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
Published: 2005-10-12
Total Pages: 270
ISBN-13: 0807876100
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDuring Reconstruction, an alliance of southern planters and northern capitalists rebuilt the southern railway system using remnants of the Confederate railroads that had been built and destroyed during the Civil War. In the process of linking Virginia, the Carolinas, and Georgia by rail, this alliance created one of the largest corporations in the world, engendered bitter political struggles, and transformed the South in lasting ways, says Scott Nelson. Iron Confederacies uses the history of southern railways to explore linkages among the themes of states' rights, racial violence, labor strife, and big business in the nineteenth-century South. By 1868, Ku Klux Klan leaders had begun mobilizing white resentment against rapid economic change by asserting that railroad consolidation led to political corruption and black economic success. As Nelson notes, some of the Klan's most violent activity was concentrated along the Richmond-Atlanta rail corridor. But conflicts over railroads were eventually resolved, he argues, in agreements between northern railroad barons and Klan leaders that allowed white terrorism against black voters while surrendering states' control over the southern economy.
The Louisville, Cincinnati & Charleston Rail Road
Author: H. Roger Grant
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 2014-04-17
Total Pages: 209
ISBN-13: 0253011876
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAmong the grand antebellum plans to build railroads to interconnect the vast American republic, perhaps none was more ambitious than the Louisville, Cincinnati & Charleston. The route was intended to link the cotton-producing South and the grain and livestock growers of the Old Northwest with traders and markets in the East, creating economic opportunities along its 700-mile length. But then came the Panic of 1837, and the project came to a halt. H. Roger Grant tells the incredible story of this singular example of "railroad fever" and the remarkable visionaries whose hopes for connecting North and South would require more than half a century—and one Civil War—to reach fruition.
Special Libraries
Author:
Publisher:
Published: 1925
Total Pages: 726
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMost vols. include Proceedings of the Special Libraries Association.
A Brief History of Easley
Author: R. Chad Stewart
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2017-01-09
Total Pages: 156
ISBN-13: 1625857624
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEasley has a rare combination of a quaint Main Street and a thriving industrial presence. The city was a series of small farms and open land until residents convinced officials to make the area a stop along the Atlanta and Richmond Air-Line Railroad after the Civil War. Access to the railroad and the popularity of cotton spurred an era of rapid growth and expansion, culminating in the dominance of the textile industry throughout most of the twentieth century. While cotton drove textiles in the area, advances in agriculture and manufacturing brought dozens of companies, placing Easley at the center of the state's biggest industrial area. Author Chad Stewart details the history of a city that moved from sleepy train stop to vibrant South Carolina city.
The Belle and the General
Author: Dr. Stewart W. Bentley Jr.
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Published: 2021-11-16
Total Pages: 355
ISBN-13: 1665543620
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is the story of Thomas and Kate Logan as well as the story of antebellum America through the War and Reconstruction. Books on the American Civil War are legion; that was perhaps the most challenging obstacle in writing this biography of a Logan family member. The urge to use previously published material was undeniable and an obviously avoidable error. As much as I could, I used original source material to tell the story of a young couple’s journey through the antebellum South, a war ravaged country and the rebuilding of a State, largely through their eyes and the eyes of their family.
History of Georgia Railroads, A
Author: Robert C. Jones
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2017
Total Pages: 160
ISBN-13: 1467137774
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBefore the start of the Civil War, Georgia had ten railroads, five of which figured significantly in General William T. Sherman's Atlanta Campaign and March to the Sea. The number of rail lines in the state ballooned after the war. Many were founded by individual entrepreneurs like Henry Plant and Thomas Clyde, while the biggest railroad of them all (Southern Railway) was created out of whole cloth by New York financier J.P. Morgan. At the close of the nineteenth century, consolidation was already in process, and by the end of the next century, only three significant railroads remained in Georgia. Author and historian Robert C. Jones examines Georgia's rail history over the past two centuries and today.
William Johnston: Carolina Railroad King
Author: Christopher Hunt Robertson, M.Ed.
Publisher: Christopher Hunt Robertson, M.Ed.
Published: 2019-07-01
Total Pages: 101
ISBN-13: 0359810799
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBefore the Civil War, William Johnston served as president of Charlotte's first railroad, the Charlotte & SC Railroad. After the war, he rebuilt that line and extended it to Augusta, GA, creating the fastest route between New York and the deep South. He was instrumental in connecting Charlotte by rail early to two seaports, Charleston and Wilmington, allowing the small village to grow rapidly. After retiring from railroad management, he served four terms as a transformative Mayor of Charlotte, built the popular Buford Hotel for the region's rail and mill leaders, and co-organized the Commercial National Bank which, through mergers, evolved into today's Bank of America. Beyond these economic contributions, William Johnston successfully proposed an amendment to the North Carolina Constitution to broaden the state's religious tolerance, and also oversaw the creation of Charlotte's first grade school for African-American children. (Recipient of a 2020 Award of Excellence from the North Carolina Society of Historians)
Lawyering for the Railroad
Author: William G. Thomas III
Publisher: LSU Press
Published: 1999-10-01
Total Pages: 356
ISBN-13: 9780807125045
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLawyering for the Railroad provides the first full account of railroad monopoly power, tracing its sources and effects in the southern political economy. Issues touching on railroad development were major components of politics in the days of both Populism and Progressivism, and railroad attorneys -- often in their role as lobbyists -- were always in the middle of the action. They distributed free passes to legislators, retained the best counsel for their clients, laid out the legal agreements to form monopolies, and instituted practices to ensure quick and favorable settlements for the railroads. In this intriguing work, William G. Thomas introduces the southern attorneys who represented railroads between 1880 and 1916, closely examining their role in the political economy of the South during the Gilded Age and the Progressive Era, a period in which the region experienced sharp change, explosive growth, and heated political contests. Thomas tells his fascinating story with legal department records from some of the largest interstate railroad companies in the South. With the help of these records, he demonstrates how the railroads tried to use the law and the legal process to mold the southern political economy to their ends and what kind of opposition they faced. Standing at the crossroads of business, law, and politics, Lawyering for the Railroad gives context, depth, and specificity to what have been cursory glimpses into the shady world of corporate power in the Gilded Age. From small-town lawyers to big-city firms, the story of the railroad attorneys brings into focus the many ways the interstate railroad transformed the South.
