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 ...

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 ...

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 ...