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America Transformed: In 1864, Congress authorized the Northern Pacific Railway Company to construct a northern transcontinental route extending from Minnesota to Washington state. Construction began in 1870, but financial problems hindered progress. Additionally, Native people were aware of the correlation between constructing railroads and the influx of settlers into their homelands and resisted the continued encroachment onto their land. The route was completed in 1883. Rand McNally, a major publisher of railroad maps, printed this map of the main route and tributary routes in the mid-1880s. An alphabetical index identifies the numerous towns and stations serviced by the Northern Pacific and its associated network.
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Document identity
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cj82kp557
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Northern Pacific Rail Road and connections
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dtoType
map
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1
Source metadata
id
cj82kp557
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Northern Pacific Rail Road and connections
description
America Transformed: In 1864, Congress authorized the Northern Pacific Railway Company to construct a northern transcontinental route extending from Minnesota to Washington state. Construction began in 1870, but financial problems hindered progress. Additionally, Native people were aware of the correlation between constructing railroads and the influx of settlers into their homelands and resisted the continued encroachment onto their land. The route was completed in 1883. Rand McNally, a major publisher of railroad maps, printed this map of the main route and tributary routes in the mid-1880s. An alphabetical index identifies the numerous towns and stations serviced by the Northern Pacific and its associated network.
date
["[1885]"]
year
1885
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_009239
creators
Rand McNally and Company
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Northern Pacific Railroad Company
Railroads--Northwestern States--Maps
Northwestern States--Maps
subjectsGeographic
Great Plains
North and Central America
Northwestern United States
United States
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
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largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
Chicago
publisher
Rand McNally & Co.
Source extras
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sf268508b
collectionArkId
41688024w
schema:latitude
39
schema:longitude
-101
extent
1 map : col. ; 58 x 137 cm., on sheet 100 x 145 cm.
notes
Shows national, state, and provincial boundaries, railroads, cities and towns, drainage, etc.
Prime meridians: Washington and Greenwich.
Relief shown by hachures.
Includes index: Shippers' guide to all points on and contiguous to the Northern Pacific Railroad, its branches and connecting lines.
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cj82kp557
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map
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1
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0
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photo
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