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Author Gibbs, Lawrence, author

Title Nebraska sweet beets : a history of Sugar Valley / Lawrence Gibbs
Published Charleston, SC : The History Press, 2020
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Description 1 online resource (188 pages) : illustrations, facsimiles, plans
Contents Intro -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. SUGAR -- 2. THE SUGAR BEET INDUSTRY IN THE UNITED STATES -- 3. THE SUGAR BEET INDUSTRY IN NEBRASKA -- Grand Island -- Norfolk -- Ames -- 4. SUGAR VALLEY -- 5. THE FACTORIES -- Scottsbluff, Nebraska -- Housing the Workers -- The Sugar Beet Demonstration Trains -- Disputes between Growers and Great Western Sugar -- Handling the Finished Sugar Product -- Gering, Nebraska -- Bayard, Nebraska -- Mitchell, Nebraska -- Minatare, Nebraska -- Lyman, Nebraska -- Torrington, Wyoming
6. FACTORIES THAT MIGHT HAVAVE BEEN BUT NEVER WERE -- 7. THE RAILROADS AND THE BEET SPURS -- 8. THE BEET DUMPS -- 9. THE DINKIES -- 10. THE SUGAR BEET INDUSTRY IN THE NORTH PLATTE VALLEY SINCE THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-186)
Notes Print version record
Subject Sugar beet industry -- Nebraska -- History
Sugar beet industry
SUBJECT North Platte River Valley -- History
Nebraska -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85090534
Subject United States -- North Platte River Valley
Nebraska
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781439670156
1439670153