Corporate records, 1856-1945, 1968 (bulk 1856-1883).

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Corporate records, 1856-1945, 1968 (bulk 1856-1883).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/313845003

Minutes (1856-1889), stock records (1856-1889), accounting records (1856-1936), and historical sketches (1879-1945, 1968) documenting a central Minnesota railroad that became the legal parent company of the Great Northern Railway.

0.4 cu. ft. (2 folders and 8 v. in 2 partial boxes).

Minnesota Historical Society, Division of Archives and Manuscripts

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SNAC Resource ID: 7315333

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Minneapolis and St. Cloud Railway Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6cs1vhm (corporateBody)

The company was incorporated by the territorial legislature in 1856 to build rail lines linking existing communities in central and southern Minnesota. It built a 66-mile line from St. Cloud to Hinckley in 1882 and was acquired by GN operating predecessor, the St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway, in 1883. In 1889 the company's name was changed to the Great Northern Railway Company. From the description of Corporate records, 1856-1945, 1968 (bulk 1856-1883). (Unknown). WorldCat...

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...