49. L&N Railroad

L&N Railroad Depot. 5003 Henry Street. 1909. Frame Vernacular. The first depot was built on this site in 1882, the same year the
railroad was completed in Milton.
It burned in 1909, and the current
building was built the same ...

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 ...

Salvadoran Underground Railroad

The Wellington Avenue Church of Christ was part of the Sanctuary Movement, an effort by religious institutions to help Salvadoran refugees who entered the U.S. illegally between the 1970s and early 1990s to escape Civil War.

Salvadorans ...

Hot Springs Railroad

A narrow-gauge railroad line from Malvern to Hot Springs known as the “Diamond Jo Line” was completed by Jo Reynolds in 1875. Previous method of travel to hot springs had been a 24 mile hike by foot, horse, or carriage ...

LeClerc Creek Logging Railroad

The LeClerc Creek Road was once the bed of a logging railroad, but little evidence remains of the railroad today. The Panhandle Lumber Company constructed the LeClerc Creek Railroad after a water rights dispute with the Diamond Match Company forced ...

Idaho and Washington Northern Railroad Bridge

For over 100 years, the Idaho & Washington Northern Railway (I&WN) Bridge, spanning the Pend Oreille River between Box Canyon’s sheer rock walls, has stood as a monument to Pend Oreille County’s transportation frontier and industrial development. Completed in 1911, ...