All Aboard! for Glacier
The Great Northern Railway and Glacier National Park
by C. W. Guthrie
published by Farcountry Press
- The main line of the Great Northern Railway stretched from St. Paul, Minnesota, to Seattle, Washington. But it was the sixty-mile stretch of rail that passed by the grandeur and breathtaking scenery of what would become Glacier National Park in Montana that lured people from all over the world to the conductor's call for "all aboard!"
Glacier National Park and the Great Northern Railway became synonymous in the early twentieth century. Original photographs, posters, brochures, menus, time tables, postcards, and other rare promotional materials accompany a fascinating account of the creation and promotion of Glacier National Park by the Great Northern Railway as railroad barons raced west and competed for precious territory to expand their empires.
96 pages, 8 1/2'' x 11'', 96 b/w photos, 29 color photos, 72 illustrations, 6 map(s), index, 25 softcovers per case, Smythe-sewn
softcover
ISBN 10: 1560372761
ISBN 13: 9781560372769
$15.95
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| "Carol Guthrie’s All Aboard for Glacier National Park (2004) captures the heady days of passenger rail travel and the park."
-Malcolm R. Campbell, Malcolm's Round Table "For Father’s Day (well, a couple of days early) my wife and daughter gave me a couple of books to read about the Great Northern railway. The first one is All Aboard for Glacier, by C. W. Guthrie. I can recommend it without reservation; it is packed with great pictures and anecdotes, and tells the story of James J. Hill, the entrepreneur who created the Great Northern, the building of the tracks, the founding of Glacier National Park, and the evolution of passenger rail service."
"This was a nicely done book about the history of Great Northern in general in addition to highlighting how important the development of the U.S. was on the railroads. I like old advertising images and this book has a nice selection of the ads that enticed people to venture into desolate areas for the shear beauty of the country.... An enjoyable book to read with great illustrations."
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C.W. Guthrie is a freelance writer who lives in the Ninemile Valley west of Missoula, Montana. She has written four other books about Glacier National Park: The First Ranger: Adventures of a Pioneer Forest Ranger, Glacier Country, 1902 to 1910; Glacier National Park: Legends and Lore Along Going-to-the-Sun Road; Going-to-the-Sun Road: Glacier National Park's Highway to the Sky; and Glacier National Park: The First 100 Years. |
A recommended resource from the University of Montana's Crown of the Continent and Greater Yellowstone Initiative