James Jerome Hill, a Canadian-American born in 1838, was a rail tycoon of the 19th century. At 18 he settled in Minneapolis, working as a bookkeeper, eventually learning the freight and shipping ...
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1936 – A Great Northern steam engine pulls a load of logs, likely cut in the forests of Idaho, through downtown Spokane and over the Post Street Bridge, which was being widened in December 1936. The ...