Hill takes the biggest gamble of his career. He decides to build west, despite existing competition. Hill takes the biggest gamble of his career. He decides to build west, despite existing ...

James J. Hill turns Seattle into an international port by opening up trade with Asia. James J. Hill turns Seattle into an international port by opening up trade with Asia. Encouraged by GN agents, ...

In the late winter of 1910, a relentless blizzard trapped two Great Northern Railway trains, bound from Spokane to Seattle, in the rugged Cascade Mountains. Six days of frantic efforts to reach the ...

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 ...

FLATHEAD COUNTY, Mont. — The Great Northern Railway played a pivotal role in shaping Montana’s history. Opening the West, building communities, and helping create some of the nation’s most iconic ...