Northern Pacific Railroad stereographs, 1883.

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Northern Pacific Railroad stereographs, 1883.

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Stereographs of geological features and engineering work along the Northern Pacific Railroad in Montana and North Dakota, 1883, photographed by Frank Jay Haynes. Images in PH 1072 show a headquarters group at Billings, Bozeman tunnel construction and engineers' camp, Big Horn tunnel and bridge, Eagle Butte, Badlands, and an Indian burial ground. Images in PH 779 show groups on the "Villard 'Golden Spike' Excursion," the opening ceremony of the Northern Pacific in North Dakota, September 8, 1883.

29 photographs (2 folders)

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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SNAC Resource ID: 6924169

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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Haynes, F. Jay (Frank Jay), 1853-1921

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F. Jay Haynes (1853-1921), a photographer who traveled extensively in the West, was best known for his early photographs of Yellowstone National Park. In the 1870s and 1880s, Haynes operated studios in Moorhead, Minnesota, Fargo, North Dakota, and St. Paul, Minnesota. As the official photographer for the Northern Pacific Railroad, he maintained the "Haynes Palace Studio," a special railroad car equipped as a mobile photography studio. In 1891, when tourist travel to Alaska was on the rise, Hayne...

Northern Pacific Railroad Company

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These documents are duplicate copies from the papers of George A. Brackett, now part of the Northern Pacific Railroad collection at the Minnesota Historical Society. From the description of Papers. 1864-1914. (Tri-College Library). WorldCat record id: 18832082 Isaac "Ike" Gravelle was born in Canada in October 1871. He came to the United States in 1886. He was sent to the Montana State Prison in May 1891 on a conviction for horse stealing. After his release in 1893 he worked...