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- fargo on the prarie
- what 2 towns were joined to make fargo
- Panic of '73
- What was the name of the depression caused by the bankruptcy of Jay Cook&Co
- Fredrick Billings
- he became president of the northern pacific in 1875
- Jay Cooke
- He was hired to sell bonds to get the northern pacific line built
- Hills Country
- Northern ND became known as this
- Union Pacific
- Start in Omaha, NE & build West
- Northern
- What Part of ND did the GN have when ND was Split into halves
- Locals
- trains that ran on branch lines were called this
- 1869
- year that the first transconinental RR completed
- 1873
- (Year) NP reaches Bismark
- James J Hill
- driving force of the Gr. Northern Railway , Became a Shipping Agent For Winnipeg Merchants Nicknamed the "Empire Builder"
- Money
- 2 things needed to get a RR started
- Wamduska
- BAd Guess 12 mi south of lakota big hotel was built but Rail line didnt go thru here
- Fargo on the Prarie
- home of theRR workers
- Middle
- Which rout was chosen to b taken to california
- Norman Kittson
- Partners with james J hill , one of the 4 men who bought : St. Paul, Minn. & Manitoba in 1874
- Branch Lines
- what were the lines that connected towns not on the main line called
- Central Pacific
- build from California & head East
- Soo Line
- RR formed by 4 RR merging
- fargo in the timber
- home to new settlers
- Great Northern
- list 3 RR Co's that were dominat in ND
- CEntral Pacific
- 2RRs were given land grants to build the lines
- 1883
- (Year)GN reached Devils Lake
- Great American Desert
- What the ppl thought of the land that the NP was going to build on
- Minneapolis & Pacific
- Built from Mpls to Fairmount, west to Boytown near ellendale thru Forman wanted to bring back wheat to be grinded into flour
- 1888
- (Year)Soo line Formed
- Northern Pacific
- list 3 RR Co's that were dominat in ND
- Mpls& pacific
- Which 2 lines who had money problems by 1887
- 1876
- (Year) NP makes a profit after the depression
- 1871
- (Year)Np reaches Moorhead
- Charles Fargo
- Fargo was named after him
- Southern
- What Part of ND did the NP have when ND was Split into halves
- Fargo in the timber
- what 2 towns were joined to make fargo
- 10%
- RR could reach a maximum grade of _
- Fertile Belt
- to encourage investment in the NP what did Jay cook call the land that the NP was going to build
- Donald A Smith
- governor of H.B.C.
- Great Northern
- James J Hill was the driving force of this RR
- Abraham Lincoln
- He signed a bill giving a huge land grant to the northern pacific RR
- Minneapolis, Sault Ste. Marie,& Atlantic
- Minneapolis buisnessman wanted rail line 2 go 2 the East Coast w/out going thru Chicago
- Mpls sault ste marie,& Atlantic
- Which 2 lines who had money problems by 1887
- 1892
- (Year) that GN&NP split up ND
- Chicago & Northwestern
- SD border to Oakes
- land grants
- free land for the right of way for the gov
- 40
- how many sections of land did the NP recieve from the Gov for every mile of track it laid
- Isaac Stevens
- He determined through a survey that a route for a rail line was possible
- F
- the empire builder was not hames j hills nickname
- Land
- 2 things needed to get a RR started
- 1890
- (Year)Manitoba RR renamed Great Northern
- Union Pacific
- 2RRs were given land grants to build the lines
- H. E. Sargent
- who sargent county was named for,
- 1870-1900
- What were the gr8 rail line building years in ND
- wheat
- what did minnesota want to bring back from ND
- George Stephen
- Banker in montreal
- Manitoba R.R.
- bought by 4 guys finish line to canada in 1878 the line was finished direct rail from St paul to winnepeg
- Speculators
- ppl who would try to guess where RR. would be built buy land & sell lots for a town to make$$
- Soo line
- list 3 RR Co's that were dominat in ND
- Northern Pacific
- Had to be 2000 mi of track from Duluth,Mn to Tacoma, Washington started buildin from 1870-1873
- Gold
- What was discovered in California
- Canadian Pacific R.R.
- was a trans continental RR