The Omaha Road: Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha

Hundman Publishing, hardcover with jacket, 312 pages, 8.5 x 11 x 1.5 in., B&W photographs; maps; locomotive roster.

This subsidiary company of the Chicago & North Western provided access to the northern reaches of the states of Wisconsin and Minnesota, to Sioux City, Iowa and a connection with the Union Pacific at Omaha.

The Omaha Road was the rustic country cousin to its larger owner. Includes many early photographs, maps and well-researched text.

Contents:

• Wisconsin Logs and Grants, pp. 9–22
• Gopher State Pioneer, pp. 23–34
• Omaha in the Eighties, pp. 35–56
• Bayfield - Farthest North, pp. 57–84
• Improving the Road, pp. 85–98
• Duluth, Superior and Spooner, pp. 99–124
• The Problem with Hudson Hill, pp. 125–134
• New Power, New Line, Old Line, pp. 135–156
• West Side Story, pp. 157–200
• Gray Matter, pp. 201–222
• To Park Falls, pp. 223–240
• The Weston Line, pp. 241–248
• To Hannibal and Hughey, pp. 249–256
• Sturgeon River and the Fisherman, pp. 257–270
• Finale, pp. 271–293
• acknowledgments/Index, p. 294-299
• Locomotive Roster, pp. 300–312.