The Southern Pacific Railroad and its predecessors served Texas from 1853 to 1996. Stretching from El Paso to the Louisiana border and from the Rio Grande Valley to the Red River; Southern Pacific opened up vast areas of the state to settlement by transporting people; building materials; and livestock. The railroad fueled Texas�s economy by moving oil; timber; agricultural commodities; coal; automobiles; petrochemicals; cement; steel; consumer goods; and myriad other products. It hauled the marble that built the state capitol in Austin and the materials to build the massive seawall in Galveston. Southern Pacific also played an important role in developing the ports of Beaumont; Galveston; Houston; and Corpus Christi. This book is a photographic record of Southern Pacific in eastern Texas during the 50-year period following World War II to the 1996 merger with the Union Pacific Railroad.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy CustomerExcellent1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. that was a long time ago.By Ryan CostaLike all good biographies. it has much historical value for describing time and place the subject is from.Although Rockefeller became the richest industrialist in America. new money frequently seeks to usurp or integrate into old money. and so that is why he moved to New York. This is foreshadowed earlier in the book. when he is portrayed walking to work and talking with other emerging businessmen: apparently many of them lived near each other.
