GNRR Miscellany – section hands near tracks and a horse-drawn covered wagon skinning a steer that was killed by a passenger near Glasgow with an Indian woman and child standing near the wagon (taken by E.W. Lewis); Continental Divide sign post at the top of the Rocky Mountains east of Butte (taken by Robert M. Long); photos from Pearsons vs. GNRR court case including tracks and stream in Sluice Box Canyon; erosion at dike of igneous rock southeast of Cascade; eruption dike northwest of Cascade; valley of the Missouri River and Big Belt Mountains near Cascade; and Belt Creek in Sluice Box Canyon (Neihart Branch of the MCRR) (taken by Collette).
Scope and Contents
Events include the 1893 Last Spike ceremony at Scenic, Washington and the 1970 ceremony at Libby when GNRR changed to the Burlington Northern Railroad (BNRR). Miscellany includes photos from the Pearsons vs. GNRR court case and include the Neihart Branch of the Montana Central Railroad (MCRR). Photographs from the Pearsons vs. GNRR court case were received from the Minnesota Historical Society in 1958 (documents from the case are in the Montana Historical Society Manuscript Division).
Dates
- Creation: 1880s-1960s
Language of Materials
No textual or other language materials are included in the collection. Captions are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Extent
From the Collection: 4 Boxes
From the Collection: 401 Photographic Prints
From the Collection: 47 Film Negatives - Nitrate
From the Collection: 20 Film Negatives - Nitrate
From the Collection: 27 Film Negatives - Safety
Repository Details
Part of the Montana Historical Society, Research Center Archives Repository
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