Unlike other railroads that were formed from mergers of pioneer railroads, the Union Pacific started out as the Union Pacific in 1864, so as of 1969 it had few predecessor railroads. One exception was the Oregon Steam Navigation Company, which operated steamboats on the Columbia River and a small portage railroad, shown in this picture, to get around the Cascade Rapids of the Columbia, now covered by the reservoir behind Bonneville Dam. Eventually, the company replaced steamboats with a rail line from Portland to Spokane, and it came under UP’s control in 1898.
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Like other Howard Fogg paintings used on UP menu cards, this one was also used on a menu folder. The lunch menu on this card is the same as the other menu cards dated August 1970 that have been shown here in the last few days.