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Janet Nolan was born on November 9, 1907 to Thomas and Barbara Ziegler Nolan. Though born in Washington, she went to high school in St. Paul where she won an oratorical contest that earned her a trip on the 1926 … Continue reading
Category Archives: Great Northern
In 1832, the American Fur Company struck a number of medals bearing the image of John Jacob Astor, the company founder, to give to friendly Native Americans at Fort Union. Today, only seven silver and five copper medals are still … Continue reading
In 1743, the Verendrye Expedition reached a point in what is now South Dakota and buried a lead plate marking their visit in the name of the king of France. In 1908, some children playing in a field near Pierre … Continue reading
This 1913 booklet was previously posted here as a download from archives.org. This scan, however, is of somewhat higher quality (and requires four times as much memory). Click image to download a 20.1-MB PDF of this 52-page booklet. As noted … Continue reading
The cover says “local time tables,” but this is more like what in later years would be called a “condensed timetable.” While the complete Great Northern timetables of the era had a colorful cover (shown below) and were 48 pages … Continue reading
Two more postcards from GN-owned Glacier Park Company show two of the company’s hotels in the park. Bob and Ira Spring are credited with taking the photo of Lake McDonald Hotel with Mt. Brown in the background. Unlike Many Glacier … Continue reading
Here are more postcards published by Great Northern subsidiary, the Glacier Park Company. The first one shows a Park Service ranger leading a group of people up the Grinnell Glacier Trail, which some consider to be the finest hike in … Continue reading
These postcards were all issued by the Glacier Park Company, which was owned by the Great Northern. Although GN sold its hotels in 1960, it retained the “Glacier Park Company” name as its real estate division. So these postcards likely … Continue reading
This hand-colored postcard claims to show the eastbound Oriental Limited ascending west towards the Great Northern’s old Cascade Tunnel. To reach the tunnel, which opened in 1900, the old line made a 180-degree turn at Scenic (the site of a … Continue reading
For 1941, Burlington Escorted Tours offered 36 different tours, including many tours combining two or more destinations such as Glacier, Yellowstone, the Pacific Northwest, California, and the Canadian Rockies. To fit all these tours in the booklet, it is 8 … Continue reading