CROSBY — Unlimited Learning is hosting a session at 1:30 p.m. Nov. 11, at Heartwood Senior Living in Crosby about the history and importance of the Northern Pacific Railway. The Northern Pacific ...

BRAINERD — The restoration and preservation of Northern Pacific Engine No. 8 is nearly complete. Engine No. 8 sits outside by the Crow Wing County Fair’s antique tractor display near the blacksmith ...

Two hundred fifteen silver gelatin photoprints documenting the construction of the Northern Pacific Railway. Images depcit the Takoma Shops, Marent Gulch Viaduct, Howe trusses, trestle work, iron ...

As much as they had in common, they used to not talk to each other very much. They were two different groups, each with a deep and abiding interest in the history of one of two 19 th century railroads ...

Hill faces striking workers and Union President Eugene Debs. Hill faces striking workers and Union President Eugene Debs. With the help of JP Morgan, Hill adds the Northern Pacific to his empire.

The Pacific Railroad Survey of the 47th and 49th parallels explored the wilderness of Washington Territory under the the command of Governor Isaac I. Stevens. In 1853, U.S. Congress allotted $150,000 ...