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The Great Northern Railway Through Time |
| The Great Northern Railway Through Time takes us on a tour of the American Northwest―the last American frontier―from St. Paul, Minnesota, to Seattle, Washington. The Great Northern opened up the Dakotas, Montana, Idaho, the dramatic Cascade Mountains of Washington, and the Continental Divide at Marias Pass. President James J. Hill intended the Great Northern to be a freight hauling road, but tourists riding on the GN's premier passenger train, The Empire Builder were delighted by the prairie, the farmland, the Big Sky Country, the mountains, and Glacier National Park. The G.N.'s reputation grew. Today, Amtrak's Empire Builder traverses the same territory. The Great Northern Railway Through Time presents photos taken over the course of seventy-five years by photographers of the era. The author has provided ample photo captions pointing out features that have changed over the years and features that have stayed the same. The early photos are fresh―never before published. The more recent shots were made by twenty of America's finest rail enthusiast photographers. | |
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 Litchfield Avenue, Willmar, Minnesota, 1909 LakesnWoods.com Postcard and Postcard Image Collection - click to enlarge |
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 Swedish Baptist Church, Willmar, Minnesota, 1910 LakesnWoods.com Postcard and Postcard Image Collection - click to enlarge |
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 Great Northern Park, Willmar, Minnesota, 1910 LakesnWoods.com Postcard and Postcard Image Collection - click to enlarge |
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Willmar (Images of America) |
| It was the 1850s when the first settlers arrived in the area that would become Willmar, Minnesota. Encouraged by the land itself, they came for the fertile soil and the beauty and serenity provided by the landscape. Calamity would strike in 1862 due to the Dakota War, causing residents to flee for safer pastures. In 1869, the Great Northern Railroad would again call settlers to Kandiyohi County. Most of Scandinavian descent, this hardy lot would not be driven from the land again. In 1870, acting as agent for the St. Paul & Pacific Railroad, Leon Chadwick Willmar purchased the title to Section 1 of Willmar Township. The following year, Willmar was officially named a city and became the county seat of Kandiyohi County. As the years passed from then to now, Willmar residents would face success and challenge, feast and famine, and partnership and controversy. No matter the circumstance, they would band together to face whatever arrived and join together in both celebration and sorrow. | |
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 Fourth Street, Willmar, Minnesota, 1910 LakesnWoods.com Postcard and Postcard Image Collection - click to enlarge |
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 Birds eye view, Willmar, Minnesota, 1910s LakesnWoods.com Postcard and Postcard Image Collection - click to enlarge |
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 Litchfield Avenue West, Willmar, Minnesota, 1910s LakesnWoods.com Postcard and Postcard Image Collection - click to enlarge |
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 State Farm, Willmar, Minnesota, 1910s LakesnWoods.com Postcard and Postcard Image Collection - click to enlarge |
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 First National Bank, Willmar, Minnesota, 1911 LakesnWoods.com Postcard and Postcard Image Collection - click to enlarge |
 First National Bank, Willmar, Minnesota, 1911 LakesnWoods.com Postcard and Postcard Image Collection - click to enlarge |
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 First Church of Christ Scientist, Willmar, Minnesota, 1914 LakesnWoods.com Postcard and Postcard Image Collection - click to enlarge |
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 Corner of Eleventh Street and Becker Avenue, Willmar, Minnesota, 1914 LakesnWoods.com Postcard and Postcard Image Collection - click to enlarge |
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 Homewood Park, Willmar, Minnesota, 1918 LakesnWoods.com Postcard and Postcard Image Collection - click to enlarge |
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 Litchfield Avenue, Willmar, Minnesota, 1920 LakesnWoods.com Postcard and Postcard Image Collection- click image to enlarge Buy a reproduction of this postcard |
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 Kandiyohi County Courthouse, Willmar, Minnesota, 1920s LakesnWoods.com Postcard and Postcard Image Collection- click image to enlarge |
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 Drive along Willmar Lake near State Hospital, Willmar, Minnesota, 1928 LakesnWoods.com Postcard and Postcard Image Collection- click image to enlarge |
 Litchfield Avenue, Willmar, Minnesota, late 1920s LakesnWoods.com Postcard and Postcard Image Collection- click image to enlarge |
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 Dock scene on Green Lake near Willmar, Minnesota, 1930 LakesnWoods.com Postcard and Postcard Image Collection - click to enlarge |
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 "A Sporty Grass Green Golf Course", Willmar, Minnesota, 1930s LakesnWoods.com Postcard and Postcard Image Collection - click to enlarge |
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 Street scene, Willmar, Minnesota, 1940s LakesnWoods.com Postcard and Postcard Image Collection - click to enlarge Buy a reproduction of this postcard - Buy a print of this image |
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 Catholic Church, Willmar, Minnesota, 1940s LakesnWoods.com Postcard and Postcard Image Collection - click to enlarge |
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 Post Office, Willmar, Minnesota, 1940s LakesnWoods.com Postcard and Postcard Image Collection - click to enlarge |
 Litchfield Avenue, Willmar, Minnesota, 1940s LakesnWoods.com Postcard and Postcard Image Collection - click to enlarge |
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 Court House, Willmar, Minnesota, 1945 LakesnWoods.com Postcard and Postcard Image Collection - click to enlarge |
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