Northern Pacific Rail Road and connections

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Northern Pacific Rail Road and connections

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Title:
Northern Pacific Rail Road and connections
Title (alt.):
Northern Pacific Railroad and connections
Description:
America Transformed: In 1864, Congress authorized the Northern Pacific Railway Company to construct a northern transcontinental route extending from Minnesota to Washington state. Construction began in 1870, but financial problems hindered progress. Additionally, Native people were aware of the correlation between constructing railroads and the influx of settlers into their homelands and resisted the continued encroachment onto their land. The route was completed in 1883. Rand McNally, a major publisher of railroad maps, printed this map of the main route and tributary routes in the mid-1880s. An alphabetical index identifies the numerous towns and stations serviced by the Northern Pacific and its associated network.
Creator:
Rand McNally and Company
Date:
[1885]
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Location:
Boston Public Library
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center
Collection (local):
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
Subjects:
Northern Pacific Railroad Company
Railroads--Northwestern States--Maps
Northwestern States--Maps
Places:
Great Plains (area)
Northwestern United States (area)
Extent:
1 map : col. ; 58 x 137 cm., on sheet 100 x 145 cm.
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Publisher:
Chicago : Rand McNally & Co.
Scale:
Scale [ca. 1:2,250,000]
Language:
English
Notes:
Shows national, state, and provincial boundaries, railroads, cities and towns, drainage, etc.
Prime meridians: Washington and Greenwich.
Relief shown by hachures.
Includes index: Shippers' guide to all points on and contiguous to the Northern Pacific Railroad, its branches and connecting lines.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Notes (exhibitions):
Exhibited: "America Transformed. Part 2: Homesteads to Modern Cities," organized by the Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library, 2019-2020.
Identifier:
06_01_009239
Call #:
G4126.P3 1885 .R36x
Barcode:
39999065660498