The Great Northern Pacific Crosses The Best Zone Between The Great Lakes And The Pacific Ocean / (Title Page) The Northern Pacific Railroad. Sketch Of Its History: Delineations Of The Divisions Of Its Trans-Continental Line: Its Features As A Great Through Route From The Great Lakes To The Pacific Ocean: Its Relations To The Chief Water Ways Of The Continent, And A Description Of The Soils And Climates Of The Regions Traversed By It As To Their Adaptability To Agricultural Production. With Descriptive And Statistical Exhibits Of The Counties On And Near Its Line In Minnesota And Dakota. For The Information Of Those Seeking New Homes And Profitable Investments

Northern Pacific Railroad Company

Publication: Rand, McNally & Company, 1882, Chicago

First edition. 9" x 6" in color pictorial wrappers printed in red, blue & black, with vignettes of wheat threshing, cattle, mining, and logging on front wrapper. 82pp. plus [2] pp. publisher's ads for Oregon Railway & Navigation Co. Contents. Illustrations. Maps. Uncommon Northern Pacific Railway land promotion detailing the sites and possibilities along the Northern Pacific route at the end of the 19th century. The work details the history of the NPRR, divisions, branch lines, development opportunities for homesteaders and businesses in Western Washington, the inner-mountain West, Montana, Yellowstone National Park, the Dakotas, Minnesota, and specific land grants available from the NPRR in Minnesota and the Dakotas. Large color map attached to inside rear wrapper. Map fine. Light chipping to wrapper edges and with a few small closed tears to wrapper edges along with light soiling and rubbing to spine. Very good.

Inventory Number: 49882