Transportation in Iowa: Historical Summary

Fascinating history of the development of all modes of transportation in Iowa. Covers the hand cart trail, plank roads, the Mormon trail, stagecoaches, steamboats, railroads, the reaction to railroads including the Iowa Pool and the Granger movement, the push for better roads, changes in transportation from 1900-1920, the Lincoln Highway, the Jefferson Highway, electric street railways and interurbans, the Depression and its aftermath, pipelines, development of the rivers, aviation, World War II and the post-war years, changes during the 1960s, the financial challenges and crises of the 1970s and 1980s (including the death of the Rock Island), and the effects of deregulation. Illustrated throughout with black and white photos and numerous maps (including a large foldout map, laid in, that shows Iowa's highways between 1914 and 1925). With bibliography after each chapter. 315 pages with index.