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Railroad Building by Hill Interests in Idaho and Oregon
The Hill controlled Pittsburg and Gilmore may construct a through Idaho line from Salmon City via Ellis Challis and Crystal across the Sawtooth into Boise. Surveys extend from Salmon river through Lemhi County with 1,500 men on the eastern side and two miles of track daily. Reports claim Boise to Coos Bay line cost about 20 million dollars and a three year build window.
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Salmon River
Pittsburg & Gilmore Railroad
Hill Interests
Continental Divide
Sawtooth Range
Boise
Sawtooth Mountains
Eastern
Western Survey
Deadwood Creek
Deadman’s Canyon
Galena Summit
Ketchum Divide
Stanley Basin
Armetead
Mont
Pittsburg & Gilmore
Lemhi Base
Junction River
Salmon City
Lembhi River
Junction
Visional
Gilmore Mining Company
Lemhi County
Birch Creek
Ixauman
Idaho
Ellis, Challis and
Crystal
T. H. Bacon
McCutcheon
Pittsburg
O. K
The
Statesman
Northern Pacific
Burlington
Seattle
Coos Bay
Portland
San Francisco
Hill
Malheur
Oregon
Harney County
Columbia
Cascades
Mount Thielson
Pitt River
Goose Lake
Sacramento Valley
Oakland
Willamette Valley
Cassade Mountain
Lanzid Brothers
Paris
John E. Stevens
James J. Hill
Boise & Western
Ontario
Boise River
Oregon Trunk
Klamath Balla
Williamson River
Agency Lake
Pellican Bay
Odesaa
Weyerhaueer
John F. Stevens
Gilmore & Pittbourg
W. Scott Neal
Garden Valley
Middle
Centerville
Pioneerville