Fort Riley and Its Neighbors is a story of soldiers trying to save money and civilians trying to make it. Fort Riley stands today overlooking the Kansas River because army quartermasters in the 1850s thought that small steamboats could deliver supplies cheaply there. Civilians came to help build the fort and stayed to bid on the quartermaster's contracts for feed and fuel. Townspeople kept a covetous eye on Fort Riley's land and its resources, and they voted bond issues to build short-line railroads in order to get ...
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Fort Riley and Its Neighbors is a story of soldiers trying to save money and civilians trying to make it. Fort Riley stands today overlooking the Kansas River because army quartermasters in the 1850s thought that small steamboats could deliver supplies cheaply there. Civilians came to help build the fort and stayed to bid on the quartermaster's contracts for feed and fuel. Townspeople kept a covetous eye on Fort Riley's land and its resources, and they voted bond issues to build short-line railroads in order to get competitive freight rates from transcontinental carriers. These short lines put Fort Riley at the center of the nation's transportation system, assuring the fort's survival for the next century. The history of Fort Riley and its neighbors typifies the relations that evolved between the American people and their government throughout the American West. The settlers' approach to federal authority, at once supplicating and conniving, has persisted and thrived and become the national attitude.
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B/W Photos; Etc. Near Fine in Very Good jacket. 8vo. 1st printing; 241 clean, unmarked pages/index/notes/sources; yellow-gold c w/black spine titles; dj w/sunnning of spine panel, in mylar.
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B/W Photos; Etc. Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. SIGNED & Insc By Author. 8vo. 1st printing; Inscribed to friends and signed "Willy"; 241 clean, unmarked pages/index/notes/sources.
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Very Good. Size: 6x1x9; Hardcover book is pre-owned and in great condition with minimal signs of wear or use on cover, corners, spine, and/or dust cover. Pages are clean and unblemished. A great copy!
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1998 Dobak, William FORT RILEY AND ITS NEIGHBORS; MILITARY MONEY AND ECONOMIC GROWTH, 1853-1895 Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, c1998 first printing 241pp, index, bibliography, notes, black and white illustrations 8vo As new unread hardcover in as new d/j.
