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100 1  Olson, Arthur Andrew|cIII,|d1950-|eauthor. 
245 10 Forging the "Bee Line" Railroad, 1848--1889 :|bThe Rise 
       and Fall of the Hoosier Partisans and Cleveland Clique /
       |cArthur Andrew Olson III. 
264  1 [Place of publication not identified] :|bKent State 
       University Press,|c[2016] 
264  4 |c©2016 
300    1 online resource (268 pages) 
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520    In the 1830s, as the Trans Appalachian economy began to 
       stir and Europe's Industrial Revolution reached its peak, 
       concerned Midwesterners saw opportunities and risks. 
       Success of the Erie Canal as a link to East Coast economic
       markets whetted the appetites of visionaries and 
       entrepreneurs, who saw huge opportunities. Amid this 
       perfect storm of technology, enterprise, finance, location,
       and timing arose some of the earliest railroads in the 
       Midwest. By the late 1840s three such vision-driven 
       railroad ventures had sprung to life. Two small railroads 
       carrying goods to Midwestern markets--the Indianapolis & 
       Bellefontaine in Indiana and the Bellefontaine & Indiana 
       in Ohio--spawned early enthusiasm, but few citizens would 
       look beyond the horizon. It was the admonition of Oliver 
       H. Smith, founder of the Indiana line, who challenged the 
       populace to look farther: "to decide whether the immense 
       travel and business of the west should pass round or go 
       through central Indiana." Soon, the two local lines would 
       crystallize in the minds of people as the "Bee Line." In 
       Cleveland, meanwhile, a clique of committed businessmen, 
       bankers, and politicians came together to finance the most
       prosperous of all early Midwestern railroads, extending 
       from Cleveland to Columbus. Their aspirations expanded to 
       control the larger Midwestern market from Cleveland to St.
       Louis. First by loans and then by bond purchases, they 
       quickly took over the "Bee Line." Hoosier partisans' 
       independence, however, could not be easily brushed aside. 
       Time and again they would frustrate the attempts of the 
       Cleveland clique, exercising a degree of autonomy 
       inconsistent with their dependent financial underpinnings.
       Ultimately, they acquiesced to the reality of their 
       situation. After the Civil War, even the group from 
       Cleveland fell victim to unscrupulous foreign and national
       financiers and manipulators who had taken their places on 
       the boards of larger trunk lines expanding throughout the 
       Midwest. Exhaustively researched and meticulously 
       documented, Forging the "Bee Line" Railroad, 1848--1889 is
       the first comprehensive scholarly work on this most 
       important of early Midwestern railroads. 
588 0  Print version record. 
610 20 Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati, and Indianapolis Railway 
       Company. 
610 20 Bee Line, Inc. 
650  0 Railroads|zIndiana|xHistory|y19th century. 
650  0 Railroads|zOhio|xHistory|y19th century. 
650  7 TRANSPORTATION / Railroads / History.|2bisacsh 
655  0 Electronic books. 
776 08 |iPrint version:|aOlson, Arthur Andrew III, 1950-|tForging
       the "Bee Line" railroad, 1848-1889.|dKent, Ohio : Kent 
       State University Press, [2016]|z9781606352823
       |w(DLC)2016008092 
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