Background/Story
This is the third installment of the 4-part Northern Pacific series in the WRBA Button Aerogramme. Stay tuned for one more.
1887 was a prosperous year for the Northern Pacific Railroad. This button, with "NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD" on its border (DVC 12/4 in 15mm and 24mm) went into production in 1887, according to the Scovill archive per Don VanCourt. 1887 was a prosperous year for the Northern Pacific Railroad. It finally connected, on its own track, from the Great Lakes to the Puget Sound, fulfilling its charter obligation and securing the federal land grant of millions of acres . . .
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