CROSBY — Unlimited Learning is hosting a session at 1:30 p.m. Nov. 11, at Heartwood Senior Living in Crosby about the history and importance of the Northern Pacific Railway. The Northern Pacific ...
BRAINERD, Minnesota — For over 100 years, the Northern Pacific Railway connected the Great Lakes to Puget Sound on the Pacific, powering through the Twin Cities, Brainerd, Fargo, Duluth and more. But ...
On September 18, 1873, an investment bank owned by Jay Cooke, who financed the construction of the Northern Pacific Railway, went bankrupt, sparking a multiyear financial crisis. Library of Congress ...
It was 175 years ago today, Feb. 12, 1849, that the Illinois General Assembly chartered the Aurora Branch Railroad, a six-mile-long track between Batavia, Ill., and West Chicago. Chugging along with ...
The Northern Pacific Railway recruited Italian immigrants to work in Dilworth, MN. In 1909 the Northern Pacific Railway recruited workers from Italian communities in Minneapolis and Wisconsin to ...
Spokane was a city cut in half by its river, complicating the work of the town’s first settlers. But a few bridges relieved that problem. Starting in 1882, the city was once again bifurcated by the ...
BRAINERD — The restoration and preservation of Northern Pacific Engine No. 8 is nearly complete. Engine No. 8 sits outside by the Crow Wing County Fair’s antique tractor display near the blacksmith ...
This 48-page daybook details Hill’s first of three commissions painting scenery for the Northern Pacific Railway in Washington, Idaho, and Montana. Hill took brief notes on a daily basis about her ...
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Burlington Northern history remembered
When created, Burlington Northern had a greater extent than any other U. S. railroad: Vancouver, British Columbia, to ...
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