Groundbreaking for the Northern Pacific road takes…
February
1870 CE
Groundbreaking for the Northern Pacific road takes place until February 15, 1870, at Thompson Junction, Minnesota, twenty-five miles (forty kilometers) west of Duluth, Minnesota.
For the past six years, backers of have struggled to find financing
John Gregory Smith had succeeded Josiah Perham as president on January 5, 1866.