Northern Pacific Rail Road and connections
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| Caption | Northern Pacific Rail Road and connections. America Transformed: In 1864, Congress authorized the Northern Pacific Railway Company to construct a northern transcontinental route extending from Minnesota to Washington state. Construction began in 1870, but financial problems hindered progress. Additionally, Native people were aware of the correlation between constructing railroads and the influx of settlers into their homelands and resisted the continued encroachment onto their land. The route was completed in 1883. Rand McNally, a major publisher of railroad maps, printed this map of the main route and tributary routes in the mid-1880s. An alphabetical index identifies the numerous towns and stations serviced by the Northern Pacific and its associated network. Creator: Rand McNally and Company. Date: 1885. Sourced from Digital Commonwealth website. |
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| Artwork medium | 1 map: col; 58 x 137 cm, on sheet 100 x 145 cm |
| Credit | Boston Public Library |
| Terms of use | No known copyright restrictions |
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