Dillon Depot, on the Union Pacific Railroad's Montana Subdivision

When the Union Pacific Railroad (UPRR) decided to build the Utah & Northern to the Montana mines, Richard Deacon named a kingly sum for his prized grazing land. UPRR, unwilling to pay the $8,000, sought businessmen willing to invest along ...

Humphrey, Idaho on the Union Pacific Railroad's Montana Subdivision

Humphrey, Idaho, is a ghost town.

     In 1902, Humphrey was the site of Patt Ranch, where the Union Pacific Railroad (UPRR) built a dam and ice pond along the early Utah & Northern route. Workers harvested up to 31,000 ...

Idaho Falls, on the Union Pacific Railroad's Montana Subdivision

In 1880, as the Union Pacific Railroad (UPRR) was advancing the former Utah & Northern north toward Silver Bow, Montana, UPRR officials chose Idaho Falls for their principal workshops. A team of one hundred men built “a station, several two-story ...

Southern Terminus of the Union Pacific Railroad's Montana Subdivision, Pocatello, Idaho

Pocatello, Idaho, is the southern terminus of the Union Pacific Railroad's (UPRR's) Montana Subdivision, formally known as the Utah & Northern line, which stretched north to the former silver and copper mines of Butte, Montana.

     Rail lines used to ...

Division Road

Named in honor of the

1st Division, U.S. Army

Mexican War * Spanish American War

Philippine Insurrection

World War I * World War II

Occupation of Germany

Marker is at the intersection of Division Road and Enright Road, on the ...