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, pg. 294-299;
Locomotive Roster, pp. 300-312.

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