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Language:EnglishPublisher:Arcadia Publishing Library EditionsISBN-13:9781540228352ISBN-10:1540228355UPC:9781540228352Book Category:History, Transportation, PhotographyBook Subcategory:United States, Railroads, Subjects & ThemesBook Topic:State & Local, History, Regional (see also TravelSize:9.61 x 6.69 x 0.38 inchesWeight:0.9105Product ID:SCSP3GZ6Y0
Wentzville
Wentzville, Missouri, was founded in 1855 by William M. Allen, a tobacco farmer and state senator. Allen knew that the new railroad would run through Missouri, so he used his senatorial influence to convince railroad engineers, particularly chief engineer Erasmus Livingston Wentz, to lay the tracks through his farmland and build a station with a promise to name the town after Wentz. The tobacco...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Arcadia Publishing Library EditionsISBN-13:9781540228352ISBN-10:1540228355UPC:9781540228352Book Category:History, Transportation, PhotographyBook Subcategory:United States, Railroads, Subjects & ThemesBook Topic:State & Local, History, Regional (see also TravelSize:9.61 x 6.69 x 0.38 inchesWeight:0.9105Product ID:SCSP3GZ6Y0
Bowman, Deborah: - Deborah Bowman is vice president of Wentzville Historical Society and is a member of the city's Downtown Committee and the Wentzville Arts Council. She has her master of fine arts degree in creative writing, is the senior managing editor of two medical journals, and is on the Board of the International Society of Managing and Technical Editors. Larry Marshall has been the...
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