FOUR checks from the Monida and Yellowstone Stage Co. drawn on the First National Bank of Dillon, Mont. Vignette at left features The Monida Line from The Oregon Short Line Railroad through Yellowstone Park. Checks datelined St. Paul, Minn., 190_.
1905 - E.H. Harriman, an executive of the Union Pacific Railroad, is invited to tour Yellowstone. At the time of his visit, the closest rail to the west entrance is in Monida. Immediately following his visit, Harriman authorized the Oregon Short Line, a subsidiary of the UPRR, to conduct surveys and prepare estimates for a line to Yellowstone's west entrance. Construction of the Union Pacific's Yellowstone Branch began in the fall of 1905. 1908 - The first passenger train arrives to the area on June 11th and the community's first businesses are there to accommodate visitors. In 1908, Madison National Forest grants leases at $10 a year to four enterprising men: Joe Clause, Sam Eagle, Charles Arnet, and L.A. (Dick) Murray. The west entrance quickly becomes the most popular entrance to Yellowstone National Park and remains as the most popular entrance over a century later.
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