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Otter Tail County Historical Society Collection, #9018
Marker detail: Northern Pacific Train Station, Perham
SHOWN IN SOURCE-SPECIFIED ORDER
1 ► Minnesota, Otter Tail County, Perham — Perham — The Town Came Alive With the Arrival of the Railroad — Right on Track with the Northern Pacific —  |
| Josiah Perham The city is named after Josiah Perham, who became the first president of the Northern Pacific Railway in 1864. Perham was a wealthy man, but lost all his money and property in an attempt to build a railroad from Lake . . . — — Map (db m233623) HM | |||
| 2 ► Minnesota, Otter Tail County, Perham — Arrival of the Northern Pacific Railway at Perham — |
| This tablet is placed here to commemorate the arrival of the Northern Pacific Railway at Perham September 30, 1871. The first railroad to enter Otter Tail County, Minnesota. Dedicated by the Otter Tail County Historical Society June 28, . . . — — Map (db m233683) HM | |||