Northern Pacific Railway
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northern-pacific-railway-223-4571627
title:
Northern Pacific Railway
text:
The Northern Pacific Railway was a transcontinental railroad that operated across the northern tier of the western United States, from Minnesota to the Pacific Northwest. It was approved by Congress in 1864 and given nearly 40 million acres of land grants, which it used to raise money in Europe for construction. Construction began in 1870 and the main line opened all the way from the Great Lakes to the Pacific when President Ulysses S. Grant drove in the final "golden spike" in western Montana o
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Defunct transcontinental railroad company in the northwest United States (1864-1970)
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Pacific_Railway
date created:
2004-03-02T02:27:01Z
date modified:
2024-09-14T11:54:35Z
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13
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