“Main Street of the Northwest — The Story of the Northern Pacific” aired on Lakeland PBS on June 1 and is now available for free on its website. Hegstad first suggested a documentary on the Northern ...

BRAINERD — For over 100 years, the Northern Pacific Railway connected the Great Lakes to Puget Sound on the Pacific, powering through the Twin Cities, Brainerd, Fargo, Duluth and more. But when ...

CROSBY — Unlimited Learning is hosting a session at 1:30 p.m. Nov. 11, at Heartwood Senior Living in Crosby about the history and importance of the Northern Pacific Railway. The Northern Pacific ...

July 2023 marks the 150th anniversary of one of the most momentous events in Pacific Northwest history: when the Northern Pacific Railway Company chose Tacoma as the terminus for its transcontinental ...

Don Norman hopped over a snowy train track and onto a caboose outside the Toppenish Depot and the Northern Pacific Railway Museum. After taking photos for visiting families and a booming “All aboard!” ...

Spokane was a city cut in half by its river, complicating the work of the town’s first settlers. But a few bridges relieved that problem. Starting in 1882, the city was once again bifurcated by the ...

Neighbors: A look back at the McHenry Loop built in 1899 Today, let's look at the Loop. The Loop in McHenry, N.D. In 1899, the Northern Pacific Railway extended its line from Cooperstown, N.D., to the ...