Map of the Northern Pacific Railroad and its connections, (1871)

Map of the Northern Pacific Railroad and its connections, (1871)

Railroads -- West (U.S.) -- Maps<br>Railroad travel -- Northwest, Pacific -- Maps<br>West (U.S.) -- Guidebooks<br>Northern Pacific Railroad<br>Washington Territory

1 map ; 15 x 23 cm.<br>View front cover: http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/zoom/zoom.php?map=wsu198 <br>The publishers of this map, 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.

Northern Pacific Railroad Company.

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Philadelphia : Jay Cooke & Co.

1871

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Is part of The Northern Pacific Railroad : its route, resources, progress and business : the new Northwest and its great thoroughfare.

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WSU 199<br> HE2791 .N857 1871

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