A Missouri Railroad Pioneer: The Life of Louis Houck
Joel P. Rhodes, "A Missouri Railroad Pioneer: The Life of Louis Houck".
Publisher: University of Missouri Press | ISBN: 0826217982 | 2008 edition | PDF | 312 Pages | 1.99 MB
Publisher: University of Missouri Press | ISBN: 0826217982 | 2008 edition | PDF | 312 Pages | 1.99 MB
"With superb care and skill, Joel P. Rhodes has reconstructed the remarkable career of Louis Houck. Best remembered for largely local projects, including railroad building and the writing of state history, this longtime resident of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, represents wonderfully the entrepreneurial and public-spirited citizen of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries." – H. Roger GrantProduct DescriptionLawyer and journalist, entrepreneur and philanthropist, Louis Houck is often called the "Father of Southeast Missouri" because he brought the railroad to the region and opened this backwater area to industrialization and modernization.