Color image of a gray sky over Lake Vermilion. Photograph by Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Staff.

Gray sky over Lake Vermilion

Gray sky over Lake Vermilion. Photograph by Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Staff.

Great Hall at Grand Portage

Great Hall at Grand Portage

The second reconstructed Great Hall at Grand Portage, ca. 1975. This structure was built after lightning struck the 1930s reconstruction, burning it to the ground. The gatehouse behind the Great Hall (at right) was erected in 1966 as part of the reconstruction of the 1930s stockade. Archaeological work undertaken in the 1960s and early 1970s helped builders create more historically accurate structures. Photograph by Robert C. Wheeler.

Great Hall, Grand Portage National Monument

Great Hall, Grand Portage National Monument

The reconstructed Great Hall and stockade at Grand Portage, ca. 1955.

Black and white photograph of the Great Northern Depot (right) and Chicago Great Western Freight Station (left), Minneapolis, c.1918.

Great Northern Depot and Chicago Great Western Freight Station, Minneapolis

Great Northern Depot (right) and Chicago Great Western Freight Station (left), Minneapolis, c.1918.

Great Northern Depot, Bemidji

Great Northern Depot, Bemidji

Great Northern Depot, Bemidji, ca. 1914

Great Northern Depot, Bemidji

Great Northern Depot, Bemidji

The Great Northern Depot, Bemidji, looking west, ca. 1960.
Beltrami County Historical Society, used with permission.

Color postcard showing the Great Northern Depot, Minneapolis, 1945.

Great Northern Depot, Minneapolis

Great Northern Depot, Minneapolis, 1945.

Color image of Great Northern diesel locomotive number 400, 1966. Photograph by Myron T. Gilbertson.

Great Northern diesel locomotive number 400

Great Northern diesel locomotive number 400, 1966. Photograph by Myron T. Gilbertson.

Color image of a Great Northern Railway "Snow Train" sign, ca. 1942

Great Northern Railway "Snow Train" sign

This sign was attached to a float in the St. Paul Winter Carnival parade, ca. 1942. The image of the mountain goat was used extensively in advertising and equipment livery by the Great Northern. Mountain goats are plentiful at Glacier National Park, which was a site of great importance in the marketing of Great Northern passenger service. However, its use as a symbol by the Great Northern is said to have originated from former railroad president William Kenney. He employed one in the delivery of newspapers as a boy.

Great Northern Railway Company money order receipt

Great Northern Railway Company money order receipt

Great Northern Railway Company money order receipt, 1901.

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