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Completion of Northern Pacific Railway Celebration in Twin Cities
St Paul and Minneapolis held grand observances to mark the Northern Pacific Railway completion. Villard, Arthur, Grant, and other dignitaries led processions, with city decorations, a ten mile parade, and a Capitol luncheon. The event featured national figures, a large banquet at Hotel Lafayette, and widespread civic pride in the Pacific link.
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Northern Pacific Railway
Villard
Arthur
General Grant
St. Paul
Misw
Northern Pacific
Pacific
Arthur and Company
United States
Columbia
Joseph Grieser
Germania
Charles Schmidt
Britannia
Pauline Faber
Julia Winter
Julia Elbel
Martha Warner
Portland
Mary Schnitzens
Annie Strong
Sanborn
Marshal
Aids
Walsh
Morgan
Fort Snelling
Yellowstone Park Company
State Capitol
Great Northwest
Capitol Building
Hotel Lafayette
Lake Minnetonka
Minneapolis
Count Weissenfeld
West
Rusk
General Fairchild
Wisconsin
Northwest
Far West
Chicago
Henry Villard
General Sheridan
Arther
C. B. O’brien
St. Pa
Northern Pacific Railroad
E. F. Drake
H. M. Teller
L. Sackville
Minnesota
L. F
Terry
New Northwest
Alex. Ramsey