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History of the Northern Pacific railroad / by Eugene V. Smalley.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Smalley, Eugene Virgil, 1841-1899, editor.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Northern Pacific Railroad Company.
- Physical Description:
- xxiv pages, 1 leaf, 5 unnumbered pages-437 pages : frontispiece, plates, maps (1 folded) folded chart. ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : G. P. Putnam's sons, 1883.
- Summary:
- Contains information on the founding of the company, and its survival through crucial moments in American history like the panic of 1873.
- Contents:
- Part 1: Historical. Early explorations in the Northwest
- Discovery of the Columbia River and Puget Sound
- The Lewis and Clarke expedition
- Fur traders, trappers and missionaries
- Marcus Witman's heroic ride
- The first Pacific railroad advocate
- Asa Whitney's project
- Edwin F. Johnson's efforts
- The government surveys
- Futile movements in Congress
- Josiah Perham's people's Pacific railroad
- The union and central Pacific charter
- Passage of the Charter Act
- Organizing the company
- A transfer of the franchise
- Appeals to Congress
- The original interests agreement
- Surveying the line
- Amendments to the charter
- The Jay Cooke contract
- Sale of the 7-30 bonds
- Condition of the Northwest in 1870
- Building the road
- Presidency of General Cass
- The panic of 1873
- Reorganization of the Northern Pacific Company
- Charles B. Wright's administration
- Renewed appeals to congress
- Presidency of Frederick Billings
- Temporary presidency of A. H. Barney
- Henry Villard as journalist and railway manager
- Presidency of Henry Villard
- Biographical sketches
- Relations of the Northern Pacific with other companies
- Part 2: The Northern Pacific Company. Eastern cities and lake ports
- Northern Minnesota
- North Dakota
- Montana
- Northern Idaho and Washington
- Oregon
- Portland and the Puget Sound ports
- Part 3: Description of the Main Line. The Minnesota, Wisconsin and St. Paul divisions
- The Dakota and Missouri divisions
- The Yellowstone and Montana divisions
- The Rocky Mountain and Pend D'oreille divisions
- The Columbia River Line and Pacific and Cascade divisions
- Aid rendered by the army.
- OCLC:
- 16690084
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