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The Jawbone Railroad Builder Richard Harlow Recalled
Richard Harlow recounts conceiving the Montana Railroad known as the Jawbone in 1890, facing the 1893 panic, securing four key financial contracts, and guiding construction from Mile Creek to Lewistown. He credits J. P. Whitney, Milton Gunn, Henry Moore, A. G. Lombard, Eugene Lane, and F. T. Robertson for keeping the line alive amid floods, shortages, and hostile terrain.
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Montana
Jawbone
Helena
Castle Mountains
Cumberland
Livingston
Cumberland Company
Northern Pacific
Castle
Lewistown
Harlowton
Milwaukee Road
Milton S. Gunn
Comany
Martinsdale
Judith Basin
Whitney
Henry D. Moore
Haddonfield
N. J
Lombard
A. G. Lombard
16 Mile Creek
Gene Lane
Montana Railroad
Eugene Lane
F. T. Robertson
Richard A. Harlow
Milwaukee System