Iowa State University Capstones, Theses and Graduate Theses and Dissertations Dissertations 2017 “Where the west began: Environment, transportation, and capitalism in Marion County, Indiana, 1820-1860” Kelly Stephen Wenig Iowa State University Follow this and additional works at: https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/etd Part of the Economic History Commons, Transportation Commons, and the United States History Commons Recommended Citation Wenig, Kelly Stephen, "“Where the west began: Environment, transportation, and capitalism in Marion County, Indiana, 1820-1860”" (2017). Graduate Theses and Dissertations. 15641. https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/etd/15641 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Iowa State University Capstones, Theses and Dissertations at Iowa State University Digital Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Graduate Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Iowa State University Digital Repository. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. “Where the west began: Environment, transportation, and capitalism in Marion County, Indiana, 1820-1860” by Kelly Wenig A dissertation submitted to the graduate faculty in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY Major: History Program of Study Committee: Kathleen Hilliard, Major Professor Pamela Riney-Kehrberg Julie Courtwright James T. Andrews John Monroe The student author and the program of study committee are solely responsible for the content of this dissertation. The Graduate College