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.

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Duluth St Louis Minnesota United States View →

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Pennsylvania, Commonwealth of (U.S.A.) View → United States of America (US, USA) (Washington DC) View → Northern Pacific Railway View →

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