Richard Prosser 296 pages softcover
In the 1960s, Richard S. Prosser prepared Rails to the North Star,
the first work to trace the routes of Minnesota's railways. From the
first land grants for the construction of railroads in Minnesota in
1857, to the height of the street railways of the 1920s, to the
consolidation of railroad companies in the 1960s, the work captures all
facets of Minnesota's railroad development.
Much has changed since then, but rail lines still traverse
Minnesota's landscape. Featuring a section of redrafted full-color maps,
Rails to the North Star is a primary resource on the history of railroads in Minnesota.
