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Newspaper

Dillon Examiner

Location

Dillon, Montana, United States of America

Date

Dec 29, 1926

Page

12

Steel Rails The Northern Pacific Era in Montana

A condensed history of the Northern Pacific Railroad from its 1864 charter to the 1883 completion across Montana. Highlights include Asa Whitney’s early plans, Josiah Perham’s charter, Jay Cooke financing, Villard and Oakes leadership, and the famous September 8 1883 spike at Gold Creek marking a pivotal Montana development.

Henry Villard Northern Pacific Railroad Montana Gold Creek Northern Pacific Union Pacific Central Pacific Central West Pacific Lne Pacific Coast Asa Whitney New York Lake Michigan Columbia Congress San Francisco Josiah Perham Maine People’s Pacific Railroad Company Central First Line States Perham New England Eastern Railroads J. Gregory Smith Jay Cooke & Co Philadelphia Duluth Lake Superior Bismarck Missouri River Dakota Kalama Columbia River Tacoma Puget Sound House of Jay Cooke & Co Charles B. Wright Wright Frederick Billings Billings Tfenry Villard Kansas Oregon Hne Villard The Road Thomas Tl Oakes Rocky Mountains Montana Territory Supreme Court Washington Jad M. T Grant H. C. Davis Owung Villard Os Leeson M. A. Leeson Sens Sual Mr. Leeson Garrison Fifth Infantry Union No. 8 Broad Street Atlantic Pacific Davin Oswald Garrison Villard Oregonalailway & Navigation Company Oregon& Transcontinental Company Oregon Railway & Navigation Company Robert Harris Stampede Pass Cascade Mountains Geld.Creek Mr. Villard

Montana Railway Extensions Sought In 1927 N P Branches Planned

Montana Railroad Commission receives copies of Montana Eastern Railway and Northern Pacific applications for certificates of convenience and necessity. proposed extension from Richey to Circle spans 33 miles, with other branch plans from Glendive toward Brockway and a Bitter Root valley realignment serving Stevensville and Corvallis. historical notes recount the golden spike and Villard era.

Montana Eastern Railway Company Great Northern Railway Company Interstate Commerce Commission Rockford Lewistown Dawson McCone Montana Railroad Commission Richey Redwater Circle N. P Railroad Commission Northern Pacific Railway Company Brockway Glendive Lindsay Mink Yellowstone Missouri Bitter Root Valley Florence Hamilton Woodside Victor W Hamilton Stevensville Corvallis Northern Pacific Railroad Montana Bitter Root

Northern Pacific plans million dollar Montana improvements

Northern Pacific vice president F K Williamson outlines a 1.4 million dollar ballasting program including 700 600 dollars in Montana plus 200 000 for a block signal system. The plan adds 12 large mountain type locomotives for service between Missoula and Livingston and requires new turntables and heavier rails.

Northern Pacific Montana Butte Northern Pacific Railway F. KE. Williamson St. Paul Coast Mr. Williamson Logan Whitehall Silver Bow American Locomotive Company Missoula Livingston

Traveler James Moore Finishes Covered Wagon Journey to Malta

James Moore aged 62 completed a long trek by covered wagon with five horses, totaling about 1170 miles from Poplar to Malta. Once from England, he lived in Ontario before moving to Montana, Mondak, and Poplar, after eight years in the Peace River region.

James Moore Poplar Malta Peace River Moore Canada England Ontario Montana Mondak

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Dan R. Conway James J. Montague Dan RK. Conway W. M. Ewarty Helena Montana Union Railroad Gallatin Copper Camp Williamson Red Water Minnesota America Jim Bozeman Pass Bozeman Bedman’s
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