The Northern Pacific Railroad : its route, resources, progress and business : the new Northwest and its great thoroughfare, (1871).
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Title
The Northern Pacific Railroad : its route, resources, progress and business : the new Northwest and its great thoroughfare, (1871).
Subject
Northern Pacific Railroad Company
Description
1 map verso: 23 x 15 cm. <br>View map: http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/zoom/zoom.php?map=wsu199 <br>The publishers of this booklet, Jay Cooke and Company, were the financial managers and marketers of the Northern Pacific Railroad. They printed many pamphlets such as this one, extolling the nature of the northwest and the benefits of the railroad itself. The railroad held huge land grants, extending up to fifty miles to either side of the prosepective tracks, and as such it was in the business of trying to sell the land to future settlers, prospectors, miners, or whomever would buy. <br>Most of the transcontinental route on this map is still in the planning stages at this time- by the end of 1871 track had only reached as far west as Fargo, North Dakota.
Creator
Northern Pacific Railroad Company.
Source
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, WSU Libraries
Publisher
Philadelphia : Jay Cooke & Co.
Date
1871
Contributor
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Rights
Contact Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, for copyright information 509 335-6691
Format
image/jpeg
Language
English
Type
Pamphlets
Identifier
WSU 198<br>HE2791 .N857 1871
Collection
Citation
Northern Pacific Railroad Company., “The Northern Pacific Railroad : its route, resources, progress and business : the new Northwest and its great thoroughfare, (1871).,” Digital Exhibits, accessed October 31, 2024, http://digitalexhibits.wsulibs.wsu.edu/items/show/1738.