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The Northern Pacific's Rails to Gold and Silver, Vol. 2: Lines to Montana's Mining Camps 1883-1887

The Northern Pacific's Rails to Gold and Silver, Vol. 2: Lines to Montana's Mining Camps 1883-1887

Bill Taylor
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8.5x11 softcover, 156 glossy pages, index, appendices, maps, ehemera, b/w photos throughout. "In 1883 the Northern Pacific Railroad completed its main line through Montana. The restrictive language of its charter and the conservative nature of its management prevented the NP from building branch lines to developing gold, silver and copper mining camps such as Wallace, Cooke City, Elkhorn, Pony and Virginia City. James J. Hill of the Great Northern Railway recognized the NP's omission and began building a railroad into the territory. By 1886 the NP, aided by Helena banker Samuel T. Hauser, was in an all out war to protect its mining traffic sources. "Rails to Gold and Volume II covers the Northern Pacific & Montana's construction between 1888 and 1898 which resulted in the completion of the following six the Rocky Fork & Cooke City, the Butte Short Line, the Red Bluff & Pony, the Elkhorn Extension to the Helena, Boulder Valley & Butte, the Gaylord & Ruby Valley, and the De Smet to Idaho Line . Rails to Gold and Volume I previously covered the construction of the Rocky Mountain, the Helena & Jefferson County, the Helena & Red Mountain, the Helena & Northern, the Helena, Boulder Valley & Butte, the Drummond & Philipsburg and the Missoula & Bitterroot Valley railroads."
Language
English
Pages
148
Format
Paperback
Release
January 01, 2008
ISBN 13
9781575101262

The Northern Pacific's Rails to Gold and Silver, Vol. 2: Lines to Montana's Mining Camps 1883-1887

Bill Taylor
4/5 ( ratings)
Read Download
8.5x11 softcover, 156 glossy pages, index, appendices, maps, ehemera, b/w photos throughout. "In 1883 the Northern Pacific Railroad completed its main line through Montana. The restrictive language of its charter and the conservative nature of its management prevented the NP from building branch lines to developing gold, silver and copper mining camps such as Wallace, Cooke City, Elkhorn, Pony and Virginia City. James J. Hill of the Great Northern Railway recognized the NP's omission and began building a railroad into the territory. By 1886 the NP, aided by Helena banker Samuel T. Hauser, was in an all out war to protect its mining traffic sources. "Rails to Gold and Volume II covers the Northern Pacific & Montana's construction between 1888 and 1898 which resulted in the completion of the following six the Rocky Fork & Cooke City, the Butte Short Line, the Red Bluff & Pony, the Elkhorn Extension to the Helena, Boulder Valley & Butte, the Gaylord & Ruby Valley, and the De Smet to Idaho Line . Rails to Gold and Volume I previously covered the construction of the Rocky Mountain, the Helena & Jefferson County, the Helena & Red Mountain, the Helena & Northern, the Helena, Boulder Valley & Butte, the Drummond & Philipsburg and the Missoula & Bitterroot Valley railroads."
Language
English
Pages
148
Format
Paperback
Release
January 01, 2008
ISBN 13
9781575101262

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