NP played vital role in Bellingham's growth: railroad brought in vital materials and exported city's goods across the country.(Looking back: stories about the people and business of Bellingham's past)(Northern Pacific Railway)

From: Bellingham Business Journal | Date: September 1, 2004| Author: Currier, Al | Copyright information

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Begun in Minnesota in February, 1870, the Northern Pacific Railway became the first railroad to cross the northern tier of western states to the Pacific Coast, and the second of the nation's transcontinental railroad lines.

Constructed under a federal charter signed by President Abraham Lincoln in 1864, the Northern Pacific received land grants in return for building through mostly undeveloped territory in North Dakota, Montana, Ida...

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