Men standing on pile of logs ("Eleven thousand and seventy-four feet of white oak") cut for St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway at Clough Brothers and Hartley Camp.
Mary T. Hill and children Clara Hill, Mary Mendenhall Hill, James Nathan Hill, and others at the launching of "Minnesota" steamship. Launching of trans-Pacific steamship, owned by Minnesota corporation.
H.C. Coates, Harrison Lyons, W.H. Dooley, Stephen Lyons, J.G. Sanderman, R.S. Moroney, John Farguhan, and C.F. Hausdorf seated in front of war memorial.
William Nixon, C.F. Hausdorf, W.H. Dooley, Stephen Lyons, J.G. Sanderman, R.S. Moroney, E. Needham, H.C. Coates, Melvin Fuller, and D. Farguhan reclining on the spot where they fought during the Civil War.
Chaplin Miller, William Nixon, C.F. Hausdorf, W.H. Dooley, Stephen Lyons, J.G. Sanderman, R.S. Moroney, E. Needham, Melvin Fuller, and D. Farguhan standing on the spot where they fought during the Civil War.
View of James J. Hill's warehouse on Saint Paul's Mississippi River levee, as well as J.C. and H.C. Burbank's warehouse and other buildings in the area.
Silver Spike ceremony at Benton, Montana Territory. Celebration of construction of St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba rail line across Northern Great Plains to Montana Territory
An 1879 Northern Pacific RR broadside promoting Minnesota to potential settlers.1) Single-page 3-color-litho broadside on heavy white paper, large, bold frontier-style font, very good condition.
Portrait of important New York investment banker, who was one of James J. Hill and the Great Northern Railway's principal financial allies. Financial ally to Great Northern Railway, which was headquartered in Saint Paul, MN
Silver Spike ceremony at Benton, Montana Territory. Mary T. Hill? in carriage with group of onlookers. Celebration of construction of St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba rail line across the Northern Great Plains and in to Montana Territory.