"northern pacific"

Edwinton was the original name of the town that is now the City of Bismarck. It was...

Major Montgomery Meigs was a survey engineer for Northern Pacific Railway between 1870-1873. He assisted in laying...

Colonel George Sweet was a lawyer for Puget Sound – the auxiliary townsite company for Northern Pacific...

Edmund Hackett (also spelled “Edmond” or “Hacket”) was the first mayor of Bismarck, and later appointed first...

The 1898 Fire left much of Bismarck in ruin and forced the city to rebuild, propelling Bismarck...

The BNSF Railway Bridge (originally Northern Pacific) is a historically significant train bridge spanning the Missouri River...

General Thomas Lafayette Rosser was a confederate soldier who later was appointed head of Northern Pacific Railway’s...

Bismarck was founded as the town of Edwinton in 1872 by the Northern Pacific Railway at the...

In the year following its founding, 1873 marked several key developments for the fledgling town that were...

Fort Abraham Lincoln (originally Fort McKeen) was a pioneer military fort located at the confluence of the Heart and...

Carleton and Burleigh City (AKA Burleighton) were early tent cities that were established in 1872 during the...

Jerry Plants was a pioneer Bismarck resident. He was the night watchman for the Northern Pacific Railroad...