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Transportation modes of travel in Montana's early days
The article traces Montana travel from cedar trails to bull teams and mules to steamboats, railroads, and roads, noting Fort Benton as a hub, the rise of steam transport after the Civil War, and the 1881 completion of the Utah & Northern and the 1883 Northern Pacific. It highlights rates, names, and figures from A. J. Davis to Marcus Daly, and details early rail termini like Butte and Melrose, ending with locomotives evolving toward modern times.
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Lewis and Clark
Rocky Mountains
Rainbow Falls
Bear Tooth Range
Fort Benton
Missouri
Montana Territory
Benton
Pony Express
Montana
Ogden
Utah
Rocky Mountain
Concord
Stage
Montana Union
Northern Pacific
Oro Y Plata
A. J. Davis
First National Bank of
Butte
Andrew J. Davis
Holladay Overland Mall and Express
Treasury
Nebraska
Omaha
N. T
Virginia City
M. T
George M. Lloyd
Holaday and Halsy
Bill and
Rec’t
Holaday
Helladay O. M. & E. Co
Omaha, N
Corinne
Bannack
Helena
Napoleon
Jack
Himegelf
Ta Bo
Utah & Northern
J. W. Young
Mormon Church
Young
Franklin
Idaho
Jay Gould
Union Pacific
Utah Northern
Gould
Beaver Canyon
Canyon
Red Rock
Old Red Rock
Dillon
Sidney Dillon
Bozeman
Territory
Gilmer & Salisbury Stage Company
Deer Lodge
Missoula
Alice
Walkerville
Walker Brothers
Marcus Daly
Oregon Short Line
L. O. Leonard
Melrose
Hecla Consolidated Mining Company
McCarthy Mountain
Soap Gulch
Moose Creek
Glendale
Silver Bow
Big Hole
Dewey
Eighteen Mile Hill
George W. Irvin
Malcolm Gillis
L. QO. Leonard
Independence Creek
N. P
Northern Pacific Railroad Company
Mont
Ed Stone
Livingston
Townsend
Northern Pacific Railroad
Utah Junction
Ed ‘Stoner
Stoner
Henry Villard
Germany
Dakota
Gott
Villard
Great Northern
James J. Hill
Great Falls
Canada
Burlington
Milwaukee