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The Iron Horse Comes To Billings Marker, panel 1
Photographer: Barry Swackhamer
Taken: September 15, 2020
Caption: The Iron Horse Comes To Billings Marker, panel 1
Additional Description: Captions: (bottom left) Billings is named for Frederick Billings, shown in this 1874 photo. Instrumental to developing the Northern Pacific Railroad, he was also instrumental in locating the city of Billings.; Headquarters Building. F. Jay Haynes, the Northern Pacific Railroad's official photographer, took this photo in 1883.; (upper right) United State (sic) Army is called in during the 1894 Pullman Strike. Calamity Jane appears with the soldiers.
Submitted: March 13, 2021, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California.
Database Locator Identification Number: p572701
File Size: 3.265 Megabytes

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