IMAGE
Utah and Northern Railway Sign, Preston, Idaho Item Info
- Title:
- Utah and Northern Railway Sign, Preston, Idaho
- Creator:
- Myrna Fuller
- Date Created:
- 2009-02-01
- Description:
- The Utah and Northern Railway Sign, No. 257 is on the Bear River Massacre Site, north and west of Preston on Highway 91. The sign reads: One mile south and directly west of this highway, an old 1978 railway grade still is visible although trains have not used it since 1890. Jay Gould--a nationally prominent financier and Union Pacific owenr--extended Utah and Northern service north from Franklin to Montana by 1880. A narrow gauge line until 1887, it helped build up Cache Valley and accounted for many new Idaho cities and towns farther north. But small, wood-burning locomotives had a hard time ascending this hill. After a more direct route 4 miles west of here was completed, service north of Preston was abandoned on this grade.
- Subjects:
- Historic Markers in Franklin County Railroads
- Location:
- Franklin County, Idaho
- Source Identifier:
- 98
- Type:
- Image;StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Language:
- eng
Attribution
- Citation:
- "Utah and Northern Railway Sign, Preston, Idaho", Franklin County Images, Larsen-Sant Public Library, https://digitallibraryofidaho.github.io/franklin-county-images/items/pmn_07.html
Rights
- Rights:
- "In copyright, educational use permitted. Educational use includes non-commercial reproduction of text and images in materials for teaching and research purposes. Materials in this digital collection are not held by University of Idaho Library Special Collections and Archives. Please contact Larsen Sant Public Library at larsensantlib@gmail.com for information."
- Standardized Rights:
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