Robert West Howard (1908‑1988) was a journalist who wrote well over a dozen books on American pioneer history, the American West, and similar topics. His book The Great Iron Trail, presented here, was published in 1962, the centennial year of the first Pacific Railway Act that formally set in motion the project to span the continent by rail.
| Born | 1908 |
| Died | 1988 |
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| Born | 1908 |
| Died | 1988 |
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History, Juvenile literature, Agriculture, Frontier and pioneer life, Boaters (Persons), Boatmen, Central Pacific Railroad, Central Pacific Railroad Company, Civilisation, Civilization, Civilization. [from old catalog], Description and travel, Economic aspects, Farm life, Fiction, general, Fiction, westerns, Food industry and trade, Histoire, Horses, Inland water transportation, Overland journeys to the Pacific, Paleontology, Paläontologie, Paléontologie, Pony expressPlaces
United States, Niagara Frontier (N.Y.), Southern States, West (U.S.), Amerika, California, Fort Niagara (N.Y.), Many Places, Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.), North America, Old Fort Niagara (N.Y.), South Pass City (Wyo.), Wyoming, États-UnisID Numbers
- OLID: OL1238696A
- ISNI: 0000000082738017
- VIAF: 79297642
- Wikidata: Q59630836
- Inventaire.io: wd:Q59630836
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- Howard, Robert West, 1908-1988
- Howard, Robert West
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- Howard, Robert W. 1908-1988