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 Street view, Benson Minnesota, 1908 LakesnWoods.com Postcard and Postcard Image Collection - click to enlarge |
 Great Northern Depot, Benson Minnesota, 1908 LakesnWoods.com Postcard and Postcard Image Collection - click to enlarge |
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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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 Great Northern Depot, Benson Minnesota, 1908 LakesnWoods.com Postcard and Postcard Image Collection - click to enlarge |
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 Pacific Avenue looking west, Benson Minnesota, 1909 LakesnWoods.com Postcard and Postcard Image Collection - click to enlarge |
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 Dam and Woolen Mill on Chippewa River, Benson Minnesota, 1909 LakesnWoods.com Postcard and Postcard Image Collection - click to enlarge |
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Swift County, Minnesota (Images of America) |
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Not permanently settled until after the Civil War, Swift County was one of the last frontiers of the United States. Once part of the vast prairie land occupied by the Dakota Indians, settlement began in the 1860s. The Swift County Historical Society has compiled over 200 vintage images in order to capture a glimpse of the region's formative years-the establishment of its trading centers and industries, as well as the educational, spiritual, and social lives of its early settlers. Located in west central Minnesota, the small rural towns of Swift County were once busy trading centers. Through these historic photographs, the reader can follow the changes that occurred on Atlantic and Pacific Avenues in Benson from the 1880s to the 1930s, see the sod house of Swenoda Township, and witness turn of the century rural life in towns like Danvers, Murdock, Appleton, and Kerkhoven. |
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 Court House and Park, Benson Minnesota, 1910s LakesnWoods.com Postcard and Postcard Image Collection - click to enlarge |
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 Southside School, Benson Minnesota, 1911 LakesnWoods.com Postcard and Postcard Image Collection - click to enlarge |
 Street scene, Benson Minnesota, 1912 LakesnWoods.com Postcard and Postcard Image Collection - click to enlarge |
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 Benson High School, Benson Minnesota, 1913 LakesnWoods.com Postcard and Postcard Image Collection - click to enlarge |
 Norwegian Lutheran Synod Church, Benson Minnesota, 1913 LakesnWoods.com Postcard and Postcard Image Collection - click to enlarge |
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 Chippewa River and Woolen Mill, Benson Minnesota, 1914 LakesnWoods.com Postcard and Postcard Image Collection - click to enlarge |
 Birdseye view, Benson Minnesota, 1915 LakesnWoods.com Postcard and Postcard Image Collection - click to enlarge |
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 Catholic Church, Benson Minnesota, 1920s LakesnWoods.com Postcard and Postcard Image Collection - click to enlarge |
 Pacific Avenue, Benson Minnesota, 1927 Courtesy Minnesota Historical Society - click image to enlarge |
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 Courthouse, Benson Minnesota, 1930s LakesnWoods.com Postcard and Postcard Image Collection - click to enlarge |
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 Benson Bakery, Benson Minnesota, 1936 Courtesy Benson Bakery - click image to enlarge |
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 Aerial view, Benson Minnesota, 1938 Courtesy University of Minnesota and Minnesota Department of Natural Resources - click to enlarge |
 High School, Benson Minnesota, 1939 LakesnWoods.com Postcard and Postcard Image Collection - click to enlarge |
 Street scene, Benson Minnesota, 1940s LakesnWoods.com Postcard and Postcard Image Collection - click to enlarge |
 Golf Club, Benson Minnesota, 1940s LakesnWoods.com Postcard and Postcard Image Collection - click to enlarge |
 Street scene, Benson Minnesota, 1942 Courtesy Minnesota Historical Society - click image to enlarge |
 Southside Elementary School, Benson Minnesota, 1945 Courtesy Gary C. Meyer - click image to enlarge |
 Hospital, Benson Minnesota, 1950 Courtesy Minnesota Historical Society - click image to enlarge |
 Pacific Street, Benson Minnesota, 1950 Courtesy Minnesota Historical Society - click image to enlarge |
 Swift County Courthouse, Benson Minnesota, 1950s LakesnWoods.com Postcard and Postcard Image Collection - click to enlarge |
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 Trinity Lutheran Church, Benson Minnesota, 1950s LakesnWoods.com Postcard and Postcard Image Collection - click to enlarge |
 Johnson's Motel, Benson Minnesota, 1950s LakesnWoods.com Postcard and Postcard Image Collection - click to enlarge |
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 Trinity Lutheran Church, Benson Minnesota, 1960s LakesnWoods.com Postcard and Postcard Image Collection - click to enlarge |
 St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church, Benson Minnesota, 2012 Courtesy Bobak Ha'Eri and Wikipedia - click image to enlarge |
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