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The Lucky Swede and Pearson Mining Companies used this siding to bring in mining equipment and hopefully, send out copper ore?
According to old-timer Harold Theriault,
"The lucky Swede Mine was a fairly large company, but only on paper. It h…
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A logging railroad known as Bogle Spur snaked from here up the North Fork of the St. Joe River for seven miles. The spur was built to salvage timber killed during the 1910 fires. The little railroad operated from 1912 to 1915. When the logging rai…
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The Last Transcontinental Railroad
"It was the finest railroad in America."
Those were the words of many former employees of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific (Milwaukee Road). This trail follows the route of that glorious railroa…
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Time Runs Out for "America s Resourceful Railroad"
Never-ending financial problems, speedy new interstate highways and jets killed Milwaukee's passenger service to the Pacific Coast by 1961. Stiff freight competition and corporate mismanagement…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUPP_bumps-on-the-milwaukee-road_Avery-ID.html
In 1925, the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Company suffered the largest business failure in the history of the United States up to that time.
The bankruptcy resulted from a combination of problems related to the construction of its we…
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High steel trestles, long curved tunnels and steep rocky embankments could be accidents waiting to happen?
But diligent, hard-working Milwaukee Roaders saw that relatively few wrecks shattered the quiet beauty of the Bitterroots. Occasionally d…
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Bitterroot winters are frigid and long-lasting, with the snow staying on the ridges and packed into the draws and gullies well into the spring.
Roland and East Portal can receive up to a foot of snow an hour during a big storm. The snowpack can…
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Looking for the Right Route
In 1905, the Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway began looking for a route for their western extension over the Bitterroot Mountains. After five and a half months, exploring 930 miles, the railroad chose a route over St. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUN9_beast-of-the-bitterroots_Avery-ID.html
It groaned,It growled,It Shrieked!
Turntable & Townsite
Roland, Idaho s started as a construction camp in 1906, housing men working on the west portion of the St. Paul Pass Tunnel. It evolved from a tent camp scattered along the right-of-way…