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  • Bridge on Helena & Northern approaching Marysville
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    Construction workers in sack suits and overcoats, hold shovels and pose on a Helena and Northern Railroad (a Northern Pacific short line) trestle under construction in Marysville (Lewis and Clark County), Montana. The high, wooden trestle is over a...
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    Helena and Northern Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Northern Pacific Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Marysville (Mont.)--1880-1890.; Bridge construction--Montana--Marysville--1880-1890.; Mine buildings--Montana--Marysville--1880-1890.; Railroad...
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    1887 October
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  • Marysville from the north
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    Distant view of frame houses and buildings in Marysville (Lewis and Clark County), Montana. Shows mine tailings on mountains and a wooden Northern Pacific Railroad (Helena and Northern Railroad Company) trestle.
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    Helena and Northern Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Northern Pacific Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Marysville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Cities & towns--Montana--Marysville--1880-1890.; Mining--Montana--Marysville--1880-1890.;...
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    1887 December
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  • Surfacing gang, Helena & Northern R.R.
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    Construction workers hold shovels and spades and stand beside railroad ties near a trestle on Northern Pacific Railroad (Helena and Northern Railroad Company) tracks in Montana. A railroad train is in the distance. Shows talus and tree stumps.
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    Helena and Northern Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Northern Pacific Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Railroad construction & maintenance--Montana--1880-1890.; Railroad construction workers--Montana--1880-1890.; Railroads--Montana--1880-1890.
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    1887 Fall
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  • Camp site of engineering party, time of construction, Helena and Northern R.R. Montana
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    View of the summer camp for engineers, E.H. McHenry, Research Engineer, on the Marysville Branch of the Northern Pacific Railroad (Helena and Northern Railroad Company) probably near Homestake Pass in Jefferson County or Silver Bow County, Montana....
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    Helena and Northern Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Northern Pacific Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Construction camps--Montana--1880-1890.; Railroad construction & maintenance--Montana--1880-1890.; Tents--Montana--1880-1890.
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    1888
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  • Survey partie's [sic], Gallitin [sic] & Butte R.R.
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    Members of a survey party for the Gallatin and Butte line of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company stand or sit in a row at a camp on Homestake Pass in Jefferson County or Silver Bow County, Montana. The men wear coats, suspenders and flat brimmed...
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    Northern Pacific Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Construction camps--Montana--1880-1890.; Railroad construction & maintenance--Montana--1880-1890.; Railroad employees--Montana--1880-1890.; Surveyors--Montana--1880-1890.; Tents--Montana--1880-1890.
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    1889 April
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  • Marent's Trestle, 226 ft. high, near Missoula M.T.
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    View of Northern Pacific Railroad tracks on the Marent Trestle built over Marent Gulch in Missoula County, Montana. A log building, a haystack and a wooden fence are in the gulch below the steel trestle.
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    Northern Pacific Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Marent Gulch (Mont.)--1880-1890.; Marent Trestle (Mont.)--1880-1890.; Missoula County (Mont.)--1880-1890.; Log buildings--Montana--Missoula County--1880-1890.; Railroad bridges--Montana--Missoula...
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    [between 1886 and 1900?]
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  • Clark's Fork crossing, three miles above its mouth, N.P.R.R.
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    View of a Northern Pacific Railroad Company trestle under construction on the Clark Fork River at Clark Fork (Bonner County) Idaho. A railroad work camp with tents, sheds, lumber, a work train, and standing water are near the bridge. Men stand on...
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    Northern Pacific Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Clark Fork (Idaho : Town)--1880-1890.; Clark Fork (Mont. and Idaho)--1880-1890.; Railroad bridges--Idaho--Clark Fork--1880-1890.; Railroad construction & maintenance--Idaho--Clark Fork--1880-1890.;...
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    [1882 or 1883]
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  • Big rock cut, on mile above Cabinet, N.P.R.R.
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    View of Northern Pacific Railroad Company construction near Cabinet (Bonner County) Idaho. Construction workers excavate a railroad cut with picks, shovels and hand carts. Cranes lift a boulder and containers. Chinese laborers wear coolie hats....
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    Northern Pacific Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Chinese--Employment--Idaho--Bonner County--1880-1890.; Bonner County (Idaho)--1880-1890.; Hoisting machinery--Idaho--Bonner County--1880-1890.; Railroad construction & maintenance--Idaho--Bonner...
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    [1882 or 1883]
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  • Bldg. the NP over the switchback bold decapod
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    Workers of the Northern Pacific Railroad construct track around a snowy, switchback curve somewhere in Colorado. Many of the workers stand on top of a flatbed car stacked with logs.
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    Northern Pacific Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Railroad construction & maintenance--Colorado--1880-1890.; Railroad construction workers--Colorado--1880-1890.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--1880-1890.
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    1886
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  • N. P. #653 Baldwin #8566
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    Northern Pacific Railroad locomotive number 653, which has a bell, a light, and a cow catcher, stops at a depot with thick, black smoke streaming out of its smokestack. Painted on the side of the engine: "N. P. 653 B" and "Northern Pacific."
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    Northern Pacific Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Railroad locomotives--1880-1890.; Railroads--1880-1890.
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    June, 1887
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  • Galatin [sic] & Butte line of Northern Pacific Railroad near "Homestake Pass"
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    View of tents at a work camp during construction of the Gallatin and Butte line of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company near Homestake Pass in Jefferson County or Silver Bow County, Montana. The headquarters camp houses engineers identified as...
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    Northern Pacific Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Construction camps--Montana--1880-1890.; Railroad construction & maintenance--Montana--1880-1890.; Tents--Montana--1880-1890.
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    1889
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  • Engineering Corps camp, Montana
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    Men, members of a survey party probably for the Northern Pacific Railroad, wear sack suits and pose at a camp in probably the Bitterroot valley, in Montana. The members include David Wilbur Low and L.R. Lothrop. Survey equipment displayed next to...
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    Northern Pacific Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Construction camps--Montana--1880-1890.; Railroad construction & maintenance--Montana--1880-1890.; Railroad employees--Montana--1880-1890.; Surveyors--Montana--1880-1890.; Tents--Montana--1880-1890.;...
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    [between 1888 and 1889?]
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  • Maruet [sic] Gulch trestle, 226 feet high
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    Northern Pacific Railroad Company track on the wooden Marent Trestle in Missoula County, Montana. Frame and log buildings are in Marent Gulch.
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    Northern Pacific Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Marent Gulch (Mont.)--1880-1890.; Marent Trestle (Mont.)--1880-1890.; Missoula County (Mont.)--1880-1890.; Railroad bridges--Montana--Missoula County--1880-1890.; Trestles--Montana--Missoula...
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    [between 1883 and 1885]
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  • The Villard gold spike excursion
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    Men crowd embankments during an excursion on the newly opened Northern Pacific Railroad transcontinental route below Multnomah Falls in Multnomah County, Oregon. The Benson footbridge spans a gap at the base of the 620 foot waterfall.
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    Northern Pacific Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Multnomah County (Or.)--1880-1890.; Multnomah Creek (Or.)--1880-1890.; Multnomah Falls (Or.)--1880-1890.; Men--Oregon--Multnomah County--1880-1890.; Pedestrian bridges--Oregon--Multnomah...
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    [1883]
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  • Grading on Big Bluff, three miles above Heron's Rapids, Clark's Fork
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    View of Northern Pacific Railroad Company construction by the Clark Fork River in Sanders County, Montana. Chinese, in coolie hats, and white construction workers pose beside horse-drawn carts and tree stumps. Work crews clear a new railroad grade...
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    Northern Pacific Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Chinese--Employment--Montana--Sanders County--1880-1890.; Clark Fork (Mont. and Idaho)--1880-1890.; Sanders County (Mont.)--1880-1890.; Carts & wagons--Montana--Sanders County--1880-1890.; Railroad...
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    [1882 or 1883]

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