The creation of the Northern Pacific Railroad began with the groundbreaking ... “With the exception of a few miles at Leaf Lake, where there is an ascent of about 200 feet, there is but little ...

But the railroad fueled most of the optimism. The first transcontinental was completed in 1869 with the driving of a golden spike at Promontory, Utah. But the Northern Pacific was engaged in a ...

During all his years of college, he always worked part time as a brakeman for the Northern Pacific Railway ... family and would go to Balsam Lake in Wisconsin every year — from about 1972 ...

To Seattle’s dismay, the Northern Pacific Railroad sited the terminus of its ... and the foothills east of Lake Washington soon became teeming hives of activity. “In the 19th century ...

In 1864, Abraham Lincoln signed a law granting public land for the building of a railroad running from Lake Superior to the Pacific Ocean--the largest in American history. This Northern Pacific ...

the railroad tracks of the BNSF railroad can be seen angling from the lower right, past the old Northern Pacific Depot and continuing west toward Seattle. At far left, Interstate 90, completed in ...