Summary of Gary Krist's The White Cascade

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#1 James Henry O’Neill was the man in charge of the Great Northern Railway's Cascade Division, which encompassed the western half of Washington State. He had to keep trains moving through the region's difficult terrain, and he did so by learning from nature.

#2 The American railroad pioneer James O'Neill was in charge of the Great Northern Railway's Cascade Division, which encompassed the western half of Washington State. He had to keep trains moving through the region's difficult terrain, and he did so by learning from nature.

#3 The American railroad pioneer James O'Neill was in charge of the Great Northern Railway's Cascade Division, which encompassed the western half of Washington State. He had to keep trains moving through the region's difficult terrain, and he did so by learning from nature.

#4 James H. O'Neill was the man in charge of the Great Northern Railway's Cascade Division, which encompassed the western half of Washington State. He had to keep trains moving through the region's difficult terrain, and he did so by learning from nature.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Sep 28, 2022
• ISBN: 9798350031317

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Insights on Gary Krist's The White Cascade

Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 11

Insights from Chapter 12

Insights from Chapter 13

Insights from Chapter 14

Insights from Chapter 15

Insights from Chapter 16

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

The Great Northern Railway’s Cascade Division superintendent, James H. O’Neill, knew that even a minor storm could quickly become a crisis for him. The Cascades, which formed a geological wall between north and south Washington, caught moisture from every weather system that crossed them.

#2

James O’Neill, the superintendent of the Great Northern Railway, had been railroading for his entire career. He had a chiseled, intelligent face softened by intimations of wry humor around the eyes.

#3

O’Neill was a prodigy who was promoted quickly throughout the Great Northern Railway’s hierarchy. He was also well liked by his coworkers. He was transferred to the Montana Rockies in 1910, and by February, he had already put in almost a quarter century on the Great Northern.

#4

O’Neill was a superintendent on the Great Northern Railway, and he had to plan and organize the work of every yard, every station. He had to keep track of the movements of all trains, and note the slightest variation from the schedules he had prepared.

#5

Everett, Washington, was a town that was built on a peninsula between the Snohomish River and Port Gardner Bay. It was a rough and gritty industrial center teeming with heavy industry.

#6

The railroad played an important role in the development of the West. It was the catalyst that brought about the transformation of a fallow wilderness into a productive part of the American commonwealth.

#7

In Washington, which had remained unlinked to the American rail system until the mid-1880s, growth was explosive. The population of Seattle, which in 1880 stood at less than 10,000, had by 1910 mushroomed to over 237,000.

#8

O’Neill had to leave Everett to head up into the mountains and direct