Frederick H. Billings
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Frederick H. Billings was an American lawyer, financier, and politician. He is known for his legal work on land claims during the early years of California's statehood and his presidency of the Northern Pacific Railway from 1879 to 1881.
1873 charcoal portrait by William Kurtz
Northern Pacific Railway
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The Northern Pacific Railway was a transcontinental railroad that operated across the northern tier of the western United States, from Minnesota to the Pacific Northwest. It was approved by Congress in 1864 and given nearly 40 million acres of land grants, which it used to raise money in Europe for construction.
The former Northern Pacific Office Building in Tacoma, Washington
Preferred Shares of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company, issued 28. November 1881
The Minnetonka.
Yellowstone Park Line Brochure 1904