Great Northern Railway Companyrecords. 1854-1970.

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Great Northern Railway Companyrecords. 1854-1970.

The corporate records of the St. Paul-based Great NorthernRailway, its predecessors, and its subsidiaries and affiliates, document itsoperations across the northern tier of western states for more than one hundredyears, until its 1970 merger with the Northern Pacific, the Chicago, Burlington andQuincy, and the Spokane, Portland and Seattle that formed the Burlington Northern.

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Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company

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Incorporated in 1864 under the laws of the state of Illinois, the company operated a line between western Chicago and Burlington, Iowa. From the description of Corporate records, 1901-1968. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 313865953 Incorporated in 1864 under the laws of the state of Illinois, the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company operated a line between western Chicago and Burlington, Iowa. From the guide to the Corporate records., 1882, 1901-1968....

Midland & Great Northern Joint Railway.

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St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway Company

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The St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway Company was organized in 1879; its incorporation was confirmed by the Minnesota state legislature in 1881. The company's primary purpose was to assume the properties, franchises and charter rights of the St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company and the latter's First Division. The company acquired an initial 600 miles of trackage from the St. Paul and Pacific. Between 1879 and 1890 the company constructed 2800 miles of line and acquired 410 miles from ...

Hill, Louis Warren, 1872-1948.

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St. Paul and Duluth Railroad Company

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Incorporated in 1877 under the state laws of Minnesota, the company was organized to acquire the property of the Lake Superior and Mississippi Railway Company. Its main line--running between Duluth and St. Paul, Minnesota--accounted for nearly two thirds of the company's total trackage when the company was purchased by the NP, in 1900. From the description of Corporate records, 1870-1970. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 313867045 ...

Kootenai Valley Railroad Company

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Hidy, Ralph W. (Ralph Willard), 1905-1977

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Ralph Hidy taught at Wheaton College from 1932 to 1947. He took a leave of absence from 1941-1946 to serve in the U.S. Army intelligence force based in Boston. Hidy then served as Senior Research Associate for the Business History Foundation for three years, leaving in 1950 to take a position as Professor of History at New York University and Editor of the Business History Series of the N.Y.U. Press. In 1957, Hidy came to the Harvard Business School as the Isidor Straus Professor of Business His...

Hill, James Jerome 1838-1916

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Railroad financier. From the description of Addresses, 1902-1916. (Washington State University). WorldCat record id: 29853289 Businessman and railroad executive, James J. Hill (1838-1916), was founder of the Great Northern Railway Company, which incorporated and extended an important transcontinental line, running from St. Paul, Minnesota to Seattle, Washington by 1893. Frequently called the "Empire Builder," Hill amassed a personal fortune through h...

Budd, John Marshall, 1907-1979.

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Canadian Northern Railway Company

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Dalrymple, F. Stewart, 1882-1933.

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Budd, Ralph, 1879-1962

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Hidy, Muriel.

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Winchell, Horace V. (Horace Vaughn), 1865-1923

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Horace Vaughn Winchell was an assistant State Geologist of Minnesota (1889-1891) and a geologist for various private mining companies. From the description of Horace V. Winchell papers, 1885-1920. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 63280237 Horace Vaughn Winchell was a geologist for the State of Minnesota and for various private mining companies. From the description of Horace Vaughn Winchell papers, 1885-1920. (University of Minnesota, M...

Kenney, William P., 1870-1939.

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Spokane, Portland, and Seattle Railway

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The Burlington Northern Railroad and the Spokane, Portland, and Seattle Railway merged in the 1970s. From the guide to the Spokane, Portland, and Seattle Railway photographs collection, circa 1920-1979, (Oregon Historical Society) The Spokane, Portland, and Seattle Railway was incorporated in 1905 in Washington as the Portland & Seattle Railway. Its name was changed in 1908. The company, jointly owned and controlled by the Northern Pacific Railway Company and the Great N...

Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.)

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The Rexford, Mont., station of the Great Northern Railway was established in 1903. It was closed in 1972 when the railroad was rerouted due to the flooding of the area behind the Libby Dam. The building was moved to Eureka where it became part of the Tobacco Valley Historical Village Museum. From the description of Records of the Rexford Station, Rexford, Mont., 1952-1970. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70962045 On 23 Feb. 1910 two Great Northern Railway trains--the "Seattle...

Gavin, Frank J.

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