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Zell, Faulk County, South Dakota, was platted in 1886 by the Western Town Lot Company and was named from one of the several "Zells" of Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
Zion City, Lake County, Illinois, was named by J. A. Dowie from Mount Zion in Palestine.
Zumbrota, Goodhue County, Minnesota, was named from the common name of the nearby river. This is a corruption of its French name Embarrass. which means "obstruction," and was so named because the boats of the French traders were retarded and their course obstructed by much fallen timber in the river and by the shoals and falls and rapids in it. The river is often called the Zumbro, which is the way the French word named above sounded to the first white settlers, who followed the French trappers on this stream.
AS TO THE
HICAGO & NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY. ABANDONED NAMES.
The following names, in an early day, were applied to towns and villages g the line of this road. For various reasons these names were abandoned the current ones were substituted. In cases where the name of the post e varies from that of the town or station the post office name will also ound in this list:
BANDONED NAME. CURRENT NAME.
ona See Hitchcock, Beadle County, South Dakota.
la
Arco, Lincoln County, Minnesota
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Crandon, Forest County, Wisconsin
svill Garden Prairie, Boone County, Illinois.
man's Mills Ablemans, Sauk County, Wisconsin.
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Malta, DeKalb County, Illinois.
igton “ Eleanor, Butler County, Iowa.
nson Hazel, Iron County, Michigan.
Hudson, Fremont County, Wyoming.
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Green Bay, Brown County, Wisconsin.
Cut Amber, Jones County, Iowa.
Woods Batavia, Kane County, Illinois.
ley Arlington Heights, Cook County, Illinois.
ford Broadmoor, Stark County, Ilinois.
- Point
Turin, Monona County, Iowa.
City Ashland, Ashland County, Wisconsin.
Plaine
Cuyler, Cook County, Illinois.
Creek
Arlington, Washington County, Nebraska.
ville
Johnson's Creek, Jefferson County, Wisconsin.
ord
Dotson, Brown County, Minnesota.
ville Bark River, Delta County, Michigan.
Eberry
Elburn, Kane County, Illinois.
Grove Byron, Olmsted County, Minnesota.
t Bluffs Foster City, Dickinson County, Michigan.
Lorsville Howells, Colfax County, Nebraska.
Cherry Valley, Winnebago County, Illinois.
hville Howells, Colfax County, Nebraska.
Creek Hanover, Rock County, Wisconsin.
rinkle Helenville, Jefferson County, Wisconsin.
Bull Falls Wausau, Marathon County, Wisconsin.
r Falls Logan, Harrison County, Iowa.
elor's Grove Footville, Rock County, Wisconsin.
ock's Grove Lombard, DuPage County, Illinois.
m
Harrison, Sioux County, Nebraska.
n
66 North Freedom, Sauk County, Wisconsin.
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HISTORY OF THE PLACE NAMES OF THE NORTH WESTERN LINE
ABANDONED NAME.
CURRENT NAME.
Big Bend See Tracy, Lyon County, Minnesota.
Brickton
Park Ridge, Cook County, Illinois.
Bark River
Narenta, Delta County, Michigan.
Bramhall Ree Heights, Hand County, South Dakota.
Bundy
Buxton
Jeffris, Lincoln County, Wisconsin. Sawyer, Fillmore County, Nebraska. Leslie, LaFayette County, Wisconsin. Springfield, Brown County, Minnesota.
Belmont
Burns
Benton
Beach, Lake County, Illinois.
Burnett
Tilden, Madison County, Nebraska.
Bovine
Van Metre, Lyman County, South Dakota.
Bristol
Woodworth, Kenosha County, Wisconsin.
Bridgeport
Ripon, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin.
Call's Grove
Algona, Kossuth County, Iowa.
Cross Plains 66
Cobb, Iowa County, Wisconsin.
Clintonville
South Elgin, Kane County, Illinois.
Columbus
Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa.
Conrad's Grove Conrad, Grundy County, Iowa.
Clinton
Clintonville, Waupaca County, Wisconsin. Douglas, Olmsted County, Minnesota.
Cheyenne Pit
Oral, Fall River County, South Dakota.
Como
Clybourn Junction, Cook County, Illinois.
Chetek
Hitchcock, Beadle County, South Dakota. Jewell Junction, Hamilton County, Iowa.
Clybourn Place
Clarksville
Calahan
Magnolia, Rock County, Wisconsin.
Cottage Hill
Midway, La Crosse County, Wisconsin. Franklin Grove, Lee County, Illinois.
Chaplin
Morse, Bureau County, Illinois. Galt, Whiteside County, Illinois. Tracy, Lyon County, Minnesota.
Cardona Imogene, Martin County, Minnesota.
Canfield
Edison Park, Cook County, Illinois.
Centerville Lathrop, Delta County, Michigan.
Centerville
Cleveland, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin.
Centerville
Plainview, Wabasha County, Minnesota.
Centerville
Woodstock, McHenry County, Illinois.
Cochronville Ridott, Stephenson County, Illinois.
Centralia Grand Rapids, Wood County, Wisconsin.
Chittenden Rose Hill, Cook County, Illinois.
Clark Center Clark, Clark County, South Dakota. Charleston St. Charles, Kane County, Illinois. Climbing Rock Werley, Grant County, Wisconsin.
Day's River
Brampton, Delta County, Michigan.
Dunton
Arlington Heights, Cook County, Illinois.
De Mores Belle Fourche, Butte County, South Dakota.
Dement Creston, Ogle County, Ilinois.
Des Plaines River Sta .. River Forest, Cook County, Illinois.
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Charleston "
Coda
Elmhurst, DuPage County, Illinois.
Cainville
Center Grove "
Wrightstown, Brown County, Wisconsin.
Ceresco
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HISTORY OF THE PLACE NAMES OF THE NORTH WESTERN LINE
ABANDONED NAME.
CURRENT NAME.
Dogwood . See Saxon, Iron County, Wisconsin.
Dover Center
Dover, Olmsted County, Minnesota.
Denniss
Buckingham, Tama County, Iowa.
Dowville Dow City, Crawford County, Iowa.
Dakotah Dakota City, Humboldt County, Iowa.
Decco
Town Line, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin.
Defeve
Galena, Jo Daviess County, Illinois.
Danby
Glen Ellyn, DuPage County, Illinois.
Derby
Guckeen, Faribault County, Minnesota.
Deerfield
Narenta, Delta County, Michigan.
Ellis
Green Bay, Brown County, Wisconsin.
East Orange
Alton, Sioux County, Iowa.
Edmund
Whitson Junction, Iowa County, Wisconsin.
Elk Grove .
Arlington Heights, Cook County, Illinois.
Eagle Grove Junct.
Eage Grove, Wright County, Iowa. Earlville, La Salle County, Illinois.
Ell Roy
Elroy, Juneau County, Wisconsin. Janesville, Waseca County, Minnesota.
Barth Lodge
Whitney, Dawes County, Nebraska.
East Mapleton
Mapleton, Monona County, Iowa.
Fort Des Moines
Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa.
Fort Clark
Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois. Baldwin, Jackson County, Iowa.
. Fremont
Fort Creve Coeur 66
Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois.
Farnham
Farnhamville, Calhoun County, Iowa.
Forsythe
Little Lake, Marquette County, Michigan.
Fennimore Center
Fennimore, Grant County, Wisconsin.
Felton
Hetland, Kingsbury County, South Dakota.
Fletcher
Lake View, Sac County, Iowa.
Fort Howard
Green Bay, Brown County, Wisconsin.
Fairview Manchester, Kingsbury County, South Dakota.
Florida
Panola, Iron County, Michigan.
Fish Creek
Rockland, La Crosse County, Wisconsin. Story, Story County, Iowa.
Ferry
Wilson, Menominee County, Michigan.
Floyd's Bluffs
Sargeant's Bluffs, Woodbury County, Iowa.
Genoa " Genoa Junction, Walworth County, Wisconsin.
Grosse Little Suamico, Oconto County, Wisconsin. Whitelaw, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin.
Grove Siding
Grandview “
Ghent, Lyon County, Minnesota.
Grabtown
Cherry Valley, Winnebago County, Illinois. Granville, Sioux County, Iowa.
Graball
Grospied Gayville
Cherry Valley, Winnebago County, Illinois. Lake Geneva, Walworth County, Wisconsin. Black Tail, Lawrence County, South Dakota.
Grand Vi Leslie, LaFayette County, Wisconsin.
Grand Trunk Junct. Stiles Junction, Oconto County, Wisconsin.
Germantown
Rockfield, Washington County, Wisconsin.
Earl
Eldon
Eldorado, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin.
Empire
Fairview
Grenville
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HISTORY OF THE PLACE NAMES OF THE NORTH WESTERN LINE
ABANDONED NAME.
CURRENT NAME.
Gracy's Crossing See Terra Cotta, McHenry County, Illinois.
Gulbrand
Northwood, Worth County, Iowa.
Hunkins
Cordova, Seward County, Nebraska.
Harrisville Cato, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin.
Hubbell Kelley, Story County, Iowa.
Hohenzollern
Halfway Crook
Hazelhurst
McNaughton, Oneida County, Wisconsin.
Hanson
Evan, Brown County, Wisconsin.
Harlem
Oak Park, Cook County, Illinois. Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, Iowa.
Hemlock
Basswood, Iron County, Michigan.
Harsted
Porter, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota.
Helgason
Capron, Boone County, Illinois.
Harmon
Evan, Brown County, Minnesota. Rose Hill, Cook County, Illinois.
Hampton
St. Charles, Gregory County, South Dakota.
Harvey
Gentian, Marquette County, Michigan.
Hill River
Montello, Marquette County, Wisconsin.
Ingham
Cottonwood, Stanley County, South Dakota.
Ida
Elrod, Clark County, South Dakota.
Inka
Tama, Tama County, Iowa.
Irvington
Irving Park, Cook County, Illinois. Elmo, Grant County, Wisconsin.
Junction
Jessie Benton Fremont ..
Johnson's Rapids
Jane
Watertown, Jefferson County, Wisconsin. Janesville, Waseca County, Minnesota.
Junction
West Chicago, DuPage County, Illinois.
Kanesville
Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, Iowa.
Kintyre Argyle, Winnebago County, Illinois. Kane Elburn, Kane County, Illinois.
Keaton
Castlewood, Hamlin County, South Dakota.
Kent 66
Garvin, Lyon County, Minnesota.
Kinson
Hazel, Iron County, Michigan. Hartland, McHenry County, Illinois. Kellner, Portage County, Wisconsin. La Fox, Kane County, Illinois.
Kane
Oak Park, Cook County, Illinois.
Loran
Loretto, Boone County, Nebraska.
Lexington
Anamosa, Jones County, Iowa.
Lancaster
Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska.
La Vallette Avenue, Cook County, Illinois.
Lone Star Dwight, Butler County, Nebraska.
Lac Verde Green Lake, Green Lake County, Wisconsin.
Lamberton County Line, Racine County, Wisconsin.
Leone 66
Leona, Forest County, Wisconsin.
Le Petite Chutes Little Chutes, Outagamie County, Wisconsin.
Little Rapids, Brown County, Wisconsin.
Little Kaukauna . Le Ville de Maillot
Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois.
Kishwaukee
Kelnerville
Kettlestring's Grove
Fremont, Dodge County, Nebraska.
Havelock
Schleswig, Crawford County, Iowa.
Midway, La Crosse County, Wisconsin.
Hart's Bluffs
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HISTORY OF THE PLACE NAMES OF THE NORTH WESTERN LINE
ABANDONED NAME.
CURRENT NAME.
L'Ean qu Court. See Niobrara, Knox County, Nebraska.
Lead Oity
Lead, Lawrence County, South Dakota.
Loveland's Mills Loveland, Pottawattamie County, Iowa.
Lane Rochelle, Ogle County, Illinois.
Lakeside Hubbard Woods, Cook County, Illinois.
Lombardville
Morse, Bureau County, Illinois.
Lake Kamper "
Kampeska, Codington County, South Dakota.
Little Fort
Waukegan, Lake County, Illinois. Wendt, Stanley County, South Dakota.
Loo
Lone Tree
Porter, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota.
Linwood
Montana
Boone, Boone County, Iowa.
Morse
Morse Bluffs, Saunders County, Nebraska.
Miles City
Middleton
Menominee River June.
Miller's Hill
Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, Iowa. Trempeleau, Trempeleau County, Wisconsin.
Morgan
Gilfillan, Redwood County, Minnesota.
Minden
Crandon, Spink County, South Dakota.
Marquisville
Gaylor, Polk County, Iowa.
Maple Hill
Gridley, Emmet County, Iowa.
Midway
Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois. Galbraith, Kossuth County, Iowa.
Morton Siding
Mead
Hebron, McHenry County, Illinois.
Midway
Jordan, Boone County, Iowa.
Masonic Grove
.Mitchell
Missouri Valley, Harrison County, Iowa.
Montrose
Mayfair, Cook County, Illinois.
Melrose
Melrose Park, Cook County, Illinois.
Mason Long
Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa. Green Bay, Brown County, Wisconsin.
Nordland
Arlington, Kingsbury County, South Dakota.
Nunda Crystal Lake, MeHenry County, Illinois. Zachow, Shawano County, Wisconsin.
.Tetley
New Albany
Beloit, Rock County, Wisconsin.
3 Newark
New York
Tow Cassel
Campbellsport, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin.
-Nottle Hill
Cato, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin.
Jefferson, Greene County, Iowa.
Minneota, Lyon County, Minnesota.
North Greenfield
Barton, Washington County, Wisconsin. Clinton, Clinton County, Iowa.
North Branch
Cobden, Brown County, Minnesota.
=New Jefferson
Nordland
Maple Park, Kane County, Illinois.
Mosling, Oconto County, Wisconsin.
Minersville
Dodgeville, Iowa County, Wisconsin.
Marshall
Marshalltown, Marshall County, Iowa.
Deadwood, Lawrence County, South Dakota.
Afton, Rock County, Wisconsin.
Montarville
Powers, Menominee County, Michigan.
Lodi
Bruce, Brookings County, South Dakota.
Lance Creek
.
West Allis, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin.
Navarino
Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa. Harrison, Lincoln County, Wisconsin.
Missouri Valley Junct ..
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HISTORY OF THE PLACE NAMES OF THE NORTH WESTERN LINE
ABANDONED NAME.
CURRENT NAME.
New Providence See Lawn Hill, Hardin County, Iowa.
New Boston Lewiston, Winona County, Minnesota.
Northwood Northwood, Worth County, Iowa.
New Castle Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa.
Noyesville " Oak Park, Cook County, Illinois.
Neshonac
West Salem, La Crosse County, Wisconsin. Carlton, DeKalb County, Illinois.
New Town
Norwood
Norwood Park, Cook County, Illinois.
Ogle 66
Ashton, Lee County, Illinois.
Ogden
Clinton Junction, Rock County, Wisconsin.
Otter Creek
Chelsea, Tama County, Iowa.
Otjen
Carrollville, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin.
Orange City
Alton, Sioux County, Iowa.
Oplington
Eleanor, Butler County, Iowa.
O'Donnel
Goose Lake, Clinton County, Iowa. Stafford, Holt County, Nebraska.
Orford
Montour, Tama County, Iowa.
.Oak Creek
South Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wiscons
Oak Ridge
Oak Park, Cook County, Illinois.
-Okawa
Seaforth, Redwood County, Minnesota.
Point Boss
Nekoosa, Wood County, Wisconsin.
Podunk
Montfort, Grant County, Wisconsin.
Princeton
Albia, Monroe County, Iowa.
Plank Road Jefferson Park, Cook County, Illinois.
Port Clinton
Highland Park, Lake County, Illinois.
Penrose
Cushing, Woodbury County, Iowa.
Preston Lake Preston, Kingsbury County, South Dak(
Pocahontas
Rolfe, Pocahontas County, Iowa.
Port Gilbert
Racine Junction, Racine County, Wisconsin.
Prospect Park
Glen Ellyn, DuPage County, Illinois.
Prairieville Waukesha, Waukesha County, Wisconsin.
Perkins Winde, Delta County, Michigan.
Pine Bluff. “
Klevenville, Dane County, Wisconsin.
Pine Grove Siding.
Whitelaw, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin.
Pine Grove .. Whitelaw, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin.
Pleasant Grove. "
Marengo, McHenry County, Illinois.
Quorn
Kingsley, Plymouth County, Iowa.
Quigley
Petersville, Clinton County, Iowa.
Ramersa
Malone, Clinton County, Iowa.
Rock Creek.
Beemer, Cumings County, Nebraska.
Rochdale
Botna, Shelby County, Iowa.
Rock Springs.
Ablemans, Sauk County, Wisconsin.
Rutlandville
Gilberts, Kane County, Illinois.
Richmond
Columbia, Brown County, Minnesota.
Ridgeville
Evanston, Cook County, Illinois.
Ross
Newald, Forest County, Wisconsin.
Russell
Capa, Stanley County, South Dakota.
Redwood
Burchard, Lyong County, Minnesota.
Onion Grove
Clarence, Cedar County, Iowa.
O'Brien
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HISTORY OF THE PLACE NAMES OF THE NORTH WESTERN LINE
ABANDONED NAME.
CURRENT NAME.
Rockland Winthrop Harbor, Lake County, Illinois.
Rockport Saylor, Polk County, Iowa.
Bex
Piedmont, Meade County, South Dakota.
Rock Amiret, Lyon County, Minnesota.
Rocky Point. Bucknum, Natrona County, Wyoming.
Roseneath
North Chicago, Lake County, Illinois.
St. John's
Beloit, Rock County, Wisconsin.
Sana Tama, Tama County, Iowa.
Springfield Newton, Manitowoc County. Wisconsin.
South Elgin Ceylon, Martin County, Minnesota.
Skull Creek Suring, Oconto County, Wisconsin.
St. Mark
Garvin, Lyon County Minnesota. :
Shelburn Lake Mills, Jefferson County, Wisconsin.
Salisbury's Mills Hubbard Woods, Lake County, Illinois.
Stanley Nachusa, Lee County, Illinois.
Spring Bluff
River Forest, Cook County, Illinois.
Slaunsville
Lawton, Woodbury County, Iowa.
Speir See Lake Bluff, Lake County, Illinois.
Band Mound
Janesville, Rock County, Wisconsin.
Seneca Falls
St. Lawrence, Hand County, South Dakota.
State Line
Lucan, Redwood County, Minnesota.
Btory St. Peter, Nicollet County, Minnesota.
Bt. John's
Edison Park, Cook County, Illinois. -
Beralro
Missouri Valley, Harrison County, Iowa.
&Smith's Mine.
Esmond, Kingsbury County, South Dakota.
Baunder's Spur
Maquoketa, Jackson County, Iowa.
£Shiboleth Clintonville, Kane County, Illinois.
Sand Point.
Bruno, Butler County, Nebraska.
Stackville
Ashland, Ashland County, Wisconsin. Burchard, Lyon County, Minnesota.
South Nora
Springfield
Barton, Washington County, Wisconsin.
Sugar River
Burr, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. Winthrop Harbor, Lake County, Illinois.
Spring Valley Eagle Lake, Blue Earth County, Minnesota.
Saratoga "
Grand Mound, Clinton County, Iowa.
Seminole Senaca, Faulk County, South Dakota.
South Waukegan. Winthrop Harbor, Lake County, Illinois.
Turtle Creek Story City, Story County, Iowa.
Tama City
Malone, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin.
Timothy Montello, Marquette County, Wisconsin.
Tenhassen Republic, Marquette County, Michigan.
Three Rivers " Saunders, Forest County, Wisconsin.
Terry .
Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa.
Teyranena Escanaba, Delta County, Michigan.
Taylorsport " . Atkinson, Iron County, Michigan.
Taylor Nora, Nuckolls County, Nebraska.
Thatcher Plymouth, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin.
Truxton
Rileys, Dane County, Wisconsin.
State Center
Baylorville
Lake Mills, Winnebago County, Iowa.
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HISTORY OF THE PLACE NAMES OF THE NORTH WESTERN LINE
ABANDONED NAME.
CURRENT NAME.
Traders' Point. See Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, Iowa.
The Junction. West Chicago, DuPage County, Illinois.
Turner Junction
West Chicago, DuPage County, Illinois.
Turner West Chicago, DuPage County, Illinois.
Washington City Port Washington, Ozaukee County, Wisconsin. Walden Wald, Cedar County, Iowa.
Wisconsin City
Port Washington, Ozaukee County, Wisconsin.
Wilno
Ivanhoe, Lincoln County, Minnesota.
Willow Glen
Bradgate, Humboldt County, Iowa.
Wadiloupe
Beaman, Grundy County, Iowa.
Walters
Carlisle, Fillmore County, Nebraska. Bear Creek, Outagamie County, Wisconsin.
West Dayton
Dayton, Webster County, Iowa.
Whittlesey
Ashland, Ashland County, Wisconsin.
Wadsworth Riverton, Fremont County, Wyoming.
Weed
Hering, Sac County, Iowa.
Wall Lake Junction
Carnavon, Sac County, Iowa.
Webb
Lebanon, Potter County, South Dakota.
Whitman
Luverne, Kossuth County, Iowa.
West Depere ..
DePere, Brown County, Wisconsin.
Winona Junction .. Medway, La Crosse County, Wisconsin.
Westport Mendota, Dane County, Wisconsin.
Walworth Sharon, Walworth County, Wisconsin.
Wooltown Wolton, Natrona County, Wyoming.
Warrington Monroe, Turner County, South Dakota.
West Allis North Greenfield, Milwaukee County, Wisconsi
Waterloo
Shopiere, Rock County, Wisconsin.
Whitney's Rapids
Nekoosa, Wood County, Wisconsin.
Wilson
Ivanhoe, Lincoln County, Minnesota.
Winneshiek
Freeport, Stephenson County, Illinois.
Warren
Winfield, DuPage County, Illinois.
Wisconsin City
Janesville, -Rock County, Wisconsin.
Wicota
Owanka, Pennington County, South Dakota.
West Bristol
Woodworth, Kenosha County, Wisconsin.
Wingville Montfort, Grant County, Wisconsin.
Wyeville Necedah Junction, Monroe County, Wisconsin.
Vandenburg
De Witt, Clinton County, Iowa.
Vernon
Luverne, Kossuth County, Iowa.
Vanderbilt
Fairfax, Linn County, Iowa.
Viola Center
Viola, Olmsted County, Minnesota.
Vera
Kampeska, Codington County, South Dakota.
Yazoo " California Junction, Harrison County, Iowa.
Yuba Cuba City, Grant County, Wisconsin.
Zalesburg
Branch, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin.
Welcome
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HISTORY OF THE PLACE NAMES OF THE NORTH WESTERN LINE
SAFETY IN RAILWAY TRAVEL
The expeditious movement of trains and the maximum of comfort for patrons who travel via the Chicago and North-Western Railway, is accompanied by elaborate precautions for their safety. Hundreds of passenger trains furnish daily service via this line between various towns and cities in nine western states, with that minimum of delay and danger, and that maximum of comfort that have made the road famous.
Skill, forethought and liberal expenditure have provided carefully-guarded grade crossings, elevated tracks and commodious terminals, automatic block signala, heavy steel rails, powerful locomotives, modern, well-built equipment, and high-grade discipline among employes, whose duty it is to safeguard its patrons.
THE BEST OF EVERYTHING.
The main artery of travel between Chicago and Omaha-"The Only Double Track Railway between Chicago and the Missouri River," the double track North Shore route between Chicago and Milwaukee, the double-track block signal line between Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Duluth, and thousands of miles of high-class railway that reach other important points in the north- west, stand to travelers via the Chicago & North-Western Railway as a guar- antee of the best of everything in travel.
The growth of the Chicago & North-Western Railway and of the western and northwestern states through which it passes, have kept close pace from the earliest history of the two. Much of the commercial vitality and rapid development for which the Upper Mississippi Valley is noted, is due to the fact that railway coommunication between this great area and the markets upon which it depends, has always been of a character to develop the greatest amount of interchange and increase the growth of the west to the largest possible extent.
TO THE PACIFIC COAST.
The comfort of the trans-continental journey is greatly added to by having access to properly prepared booklets and maps beforehand. The Chicago & North-Western Railway issue some of the most handsome booklets on the subject of California, Oregon and Washington; illustrations illumine the text; the facts set forth are reliable and enlightening. Various booklets on this and other travel subjects may be secured on application.
THREE FAST TRAINS.
to the Pacific Coast every day. Every luxury and convenience the traveler could wish is embodied on these great trans-continental trains via the Chicago, Union Pacific & North-Western Line.
The Overland Limited to San Francisco and the Los Angeles Limited to Los Angeles are electric lighted throughout leaving Chicago daily, only three days to the Coast, with splendid equipment, modern and luxuriously complete in every detail.
The China & Japan Fast Mail, another daily trans-continental train, has standard Pullman sleepers, Chicago to San Francisco, Pullman Tourist sleep- ers to San Francisco, Portland and Los Angeles, free reclining chair cars and dining cars.
The best of everything is assured if you travel via this route.
FREIGHT TRAFFIC.
The Chicago & North-Western system, comprising 9,329 miles of railway, reaching the following North-Western States; i. e., Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, Wyoming and the Dakotas, with its termi- nal tracks in every principal city and with over 200 miles of sidetrack in the city of Chicago and its double track main lines between Chicago and Omaha and Chicago and St. Paul is equipped to furnish unexecelled Freight Transportation between all important points in the territory it reaches.
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HISTORY OF THE PLACE NAMES OF THE NORTH WESTERN LINE
STILL THE PIONEER LINE.
The "North-Western" is still the Pioneer Line in the transportation of Trans-continental Freight, being the original "California Fast Freight" Line.
IMPORTANT TO MANUFACTURERS.
To manufacturers this Company offers exceptional facilities, reaching as it does thriving cities in the Fox River District of Wisconsin, the Hard and Soft Wood Lumber Districts of Wisconsin, Michigan and Minnesota. It reaches the rich Iron Ore ranges located also in these same states, and the productive coal fields of Northern Illinois.
THE DAIRY LINE.
The North-Western is also distinctively a Dairy Line and gives especial attention to this great important industry.
THROUGH THE CORN BELT.
It runs through the great Corn Belt of Iowa and Nebraska and the famous wheat producing states of Minnesota and the Dakotas, and is the original Black Hills Line.
THE LIVE STOCK LINE.
No railway in the great North-West transports annually a greater number of cars of Live Stock and with better despatch.
ITS AGENCIES.
This Company is represented by its General Agencies in all the principal cities from the Atlantic to the Pacific, who may be consulted with reference to Freight Traffic.
ITS BOOK OF RATES.
It also publishes monthly a "Book of Freight Rates," the purpose being to show rates to points reached by it and connections, as per the lawful pub- lished tariffs, which include rates not only to points reached by its own rails, but to 8,350 points located on 51,000 miles of connecting lines. The shipping public is requested to apply for desired information to any of its Freight Officials, Local Agents, or General Agents.
ITS HEADQUARTERS.
Its general offices are at 215 Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Ill., where its _ patrons are always welcome.
AS TO THE Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway.
CHICAGO, ST. PAUL, MINNEAPOLIS & OMAHA RAILWAY COMPANY
DIRECTORS
WILLIAM K. VANDERBILT - NEW YORK
DAVID P. KIMBALL
BOSTON
HAMILTON MCK. TWOMBLY NEW YORK
ZENAS CRANE - DALTON, MASS.
FREDERICK W. VANDERBILT NEW YORK
EUGENE E. OSBORN NEW YORK
W. A. GARDNER CHICAGO
THOMAS WILSON - · ST. PAUL
MARVIN HUGHITT -
CHICAGO
JOHN M. WHITMAN CHICAGO
BYRON L. SMITH
CHICAGO
JOHN A. HUMBIRD
ST. PAUL
CHAUNCEY M. DEPEW
NEW YORK
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
MARVIN HUGHITT
WILLIAM K. VANDERBILT
EUGENE E. OSBORN
H. McK. TWOMBLY
CHAUNCEY M. DEPEW
DAVID P. KIMBALL
FREDERICK W. VANDERBILT
GENERAL OFFICERS
W. A. GARDNER -
President
- CHICAGO
EUGENE E. OSBORN
Vice-President and Assistant Secretary NEW YORK
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