Pamphlets relating to the Chicago and North Western Railway Company, 1884-

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Pamphlets relating to the Chicago and North Western Railway Company, 1884-

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The Minnesota Historical Society Pamphlet Collection contains pamphlets and printed ephemera relating to the Chicago and North Western Railway Company. Topics include the Chicago and North Western Historical Society, an 1884 souvenir bulletin, and timetables for various divisions of the railway.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7642392

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Chicago and North Western Railway Company.

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"The Chicago & North Western Railway, created during the late 1850s by the merger of several small railroads in Illinois and Wisconsin, was led during its early years by William B. Ogden, Chicago's first mayor. In 1864, the Chicago & North Western absorbed the Galena & Chicago Union, which in 1848 had been the city's first railroad. Between 1872 and 1910, under the leadership of Marvin Hughitt, the length of track in the road's rail network grew from about 1,400 miles to nearly 10,00...