The Virginian Railway

by Princeton Railroad Museum and William R. Bill Archer

Book Overview

The Virginian Railway existed as a separate entity for only a half century, but that period of American history witnessed two world wars and the emergence of the United States as a global superpower. Henry Huddleston Rogers, who marshaled the development of the U.S. oil industry through his leadership of Standard Oil, invested $30 million of his personal wealth into the making of the Virginian. He speculated that south-central West Virginia coal would...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0738552747
• ISBN13: 9780738552743
• Release Date: September 2007
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.6" x 9.3"