Wonderland 1903 - American Northwest
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Wonderland 1904
Descriptive of the Country contiguous to the Northern Pacific Railway. The Travels of Father Hennepin - The Mandan Indians of the Upper Missouri River - Irrigation in the Northwest - Yellowstone National Park and the Columbia River - The so called Oregon well named The Great River of the West.
Author: Olin Wheeler
Illustrations B/W Photos Plates Map
Dated: 1903
Pages 112
Publisher: Charles S.. Fee Northern Pacific
Edition: 1st
Size: 4to
Binding Trade Wraps
Type: History - American
Subject: Northwest Yellowstone
Provenance: Hill House Jerri Dodd
Notes & Literature In 1883, the Northern Pacific Railway (NPRR) began rail service to Yellowstone, providing luxurious hotels for the America's first generation of wilderness tourists. By 1885, NPRR had began an advertising campaign which presented the varied natural wonders of Yellowstone as "Wonderland." Wonderland guidebooks initially focused upon the virtues of Yellowstone as a resort destination. Within a few years, however, the guides were expanded to extol the sights, natural history, and increasing development and opportunities along the northern transcontinental railway. With the extension of steamboat service to the Klondike gold mines, NPRR's Wonderland came to include the entire Canadian west coast and lower Alaska
Condition Report F/cover & Spine absent.. Text block complete and tight.
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