This page is as close as I can come to offering you a ride on the Milwaukee's famed passenger train,"The Olympian Hiawatha". The information that follows is from a Milwaukee brochure that must have been published between 1953 and 1955. I cannot re-produce most of the photos included in the booklet because they are of poor quality, but the text is interesting by itself, so let's get on board at Union Station in the "Windy City", and head west.

THIS booklet is designed to provide a brief, running commentary on the country along the trail of The Milwaukee Road between Lake Michigan andthe Pacific Coast... It's pages should provide the answers to may questions that will naturally arise as you look out of your train window at the passing scene. It will help you to identify the rivers and mountains; to locate points of special scenic or historic interest. It provides brief sketches of the principal cities and towns, a running record of mileage and altitude, notes on agriculture, and gives some of the historical background of the railroad and the country through which it passes. We hope that it will add to the enjoyment of your trip on the Milwaukee road.

CHICAGO

Population 3,631,835; altitude 583 feet; Seattle, 2,189 miles. On the southwestern shore of Lake Michigan stands this magnificent city that sprang from a tiny trading post set in a marshy plain. The few acres circled by a log stockade have grown to 210 square mles encompassing immensly diversified cmmercial, industrial and recreational facilities. Chicago's "loop", LaSalle street and Michigan Avenue are known the world over, as are such attractions as the Art Institute, Field Museum, Shedd Aquarium, Adler Planetarium, Museum of Science and Industry, and Brookfield Zoo. Miles of boulevards and a great acreage add to the charm of this dynamic city that rose from the ashes of the devastating fire of 1871. Chicago is the railroad capitol of the world with 38 railroads terminating here. The modern Union Station is the eastern terminus of The Milwaukee Road's famous transcontinental trains, The Olympian Hiawatha and Columbian. Leaving Chicago, the route lies through a growing suburban territory, and then through a region of truck farms as the train nears the Wisconsin line.

WISCONSIN

Described as neither boldly mountainous nor monotonously level, the "Badger State" lies between Lake Michigan and the Mississippi, and was admitted to the union in 1848. Famous as a dairyland, Wisconsin has an area of lakes and pine woods that make it a favorable playground of the Midwest.

MILWAUKEE Population 632,938; altitude 595 feet;Chicago, 85 miles; Seattle, 2104 miles. Early records show that Father Marquette and Louis Joliet visited ths area in 1673. The name of the city comes from the Indian "Millioke", meaning "good lands". Fur trading posts were established about 1760, and in 1795 Jacques Vieau became the first permanent white settler. Laurant Solomon Juneau became the first mayor when Milwaukee was incorporated in 1846.Milwaukee is known for it's excellent school system,beautiful parks, picturesque lake front, and well kept public buildings. The chief industres are auto bodies and parts, machinery, farm implements, meat packing, leather,dairy products and malt liquors. One of Milwaukee's largest industries is the Milwaukee Road shops where the railroad's passenger and freight cars are manufactured.

WAUWATOSA Five miles to the west , was the destinatio of the first Milwaukee Road train which made the run from Milwaukee in 1850. Soon the Menominee River is crossed and you see reminders of the Ice Age. Boulders carried by the glaciers have been removed from the fields and used in building fences. Outside your window are Milwaukee's charming lakes - Peewaukee, Nagawicka and Okauchee. Beyond Giffords, the route crosses the Oconomowoc River and enters the town of Oconomowoc, an Indian word meaning"home of the beaver". Next comes the Rock River before reaching....

WATERTOWN Population 12,393, altitude 826 feet; Chicago, 131 miles; Seattle, 2058 miles. Astride the Jefferson and Dodge County line, the city was settled in 1836 by pioneers from Watertown, NY. There are many fox farms between here and Portage.

PORTAGE Population 7283; altitude 817 feet; Chicago 178 miles; Seattle 2,011 mile. Here was a famous portage between the Fox and Wisconsin Rivers. French explorers from Canada, canoeing their wayinto Green Bay and up the Fox, carried their canoes 2700 paces to launch them in the Wisconsin and press on to the Misssssippi at Prarie Du Chien. Joliet and Marquette were here in 1673, Hennepin in 1680 and La Salle in 1683. The ruins of old Fort Winnebago and the restored Old Indian Agency House are just north of the city. A considerable amount of tabacco, ued mostly for cigar binders, is grown in this part of the state.

WISCONSIN DELLS Population, 1,953; altitude 899 feet; Chicago, 195 miles; Seattle, 1,994 mils. Just west of the station you can see the beautiful Dells of Wisconsin. Forced from its channel by glacial action, the river carved a picturesque gorge through soft red sandstone. After crossing the Wisconsin River, The Milwaukee Road runs westward through LYNDON and MAUSTON with Military Ridge lying to the south.

NEW LISBON Population, !,486; altitude 894 feet; Chcago 221 miles, Seattle, 1968 miles. This is a junction point of the La Crosse and River Division on which you are travelling, and of the Wisconsin Valley Branch which leads to the popular lakes resort section of north-central Wisconsin.

TUNNEL CITY ....was named for the only tunnel on the railroad east of the Rockiy Mountains. The original station, since replaced, was built in 1856 of hand hewn timbers. A lttle farther on is Camp McCoy, one of the nation's larger military reservations.

LA CROSSE Population 47,396; altitude 653 feet; Chicago, 281 miles; Seattle, 1,908 miles. This thrving, wel located city was named by French settlers and has been prominent since early steamboat days. Popular for winter sports. Here you cross the Mississippi with Grandad Bluff standing out to the east.

MINNESOTA

Known as the land of 10,000 lakes, Minnesota's earliest settlements were along the Mississippi. The western section, settled later, includes rich farming areas devoted largely to wheat. In the northeastern part of the state are the famed Mesabi iron mines. The huge lakes and woods area has many fishing and family resorts. Minnesota was admitted into the union in 1858 and is called the "Gopher State". The crossing to west bank of the Mississippi at La Crosse discloses a beautiful view of the great river with its towering bluffs along the Minnesota shore. at La Crescent the Dubuque and Illinois Division runs south while the Olympian Hiawatha follows the river northwestward most of the way to St. Paul.

WINONA Population 24,965; altitude 664 feet; Chicago, 308 miles; Seattle, 1,818 miles. Winina is a Sioux word meaning "first born daughter". The charming city lies at the foot of Sugar Loaf Mountain. Nearby is Lake Winona, called the first of Minnesota's 10,000 lakes. The dams you will see between here and St. Paul regulate the river level for navigation and flood control. A line bridging OL' Man River leads to Durand, Eau Claire and Chippewa Falls in Wisconsin.

WABASHA ....was named for a chief of the Dakotah Sioux. The Zumbro river is crossed near Kellogg. The Mississippi widens just beyond here to form 25 mile long and 2 1/2 mile wide Lake Pepin. Along its shores are READ'S LANDING and LAKE CITY. Your route diverges from the river, but swings back again at RED WING. The Minnesota State Training School is to the south of the tracks. At HASTINGS, the Mississippi is recrossed by drawbridge to its eastern shore.

St. PAUL Population 310,155; altitude 722 feet;Chicago, 410 miles; Seattle, 1,779 miles.A trading post called Pig's Eye and then few cabins clustered about the chapel of St. Paul were the beginnings of this thriving commercial center. The natural terrces on which the city stands sets off its capitol and other fine buildings and afford many striking views. Fort Snelling, built in 1819, and now used by the Veterans Administration, is within the city limits at the junction of the Mississippi and Minnesota rivers. In 1655 the missionary, Claude Allouez, wrote:"The Nadowessiox (Souix) live on a great river called by them Messippi." Exploring the river in 1860, Hennipin saw and named the Falls of St. Anthony at what is now Mineapolis. Following the Louisiana Purchase, President Jefferson sent Lt. Zebulon M. Pike to find the source of the Mississippi. On September 23, 1805, Pike concluded a treaty with Souix by which the United States aqured the land on which Fort Snelling now stands.

MINNEAPOLIS Population 517,410; altitude 844 feet; Chicago, 421 miles; Settle, 1,768 miles. Early developement of water power from the Falls of St. Anthony gave Minneapolis its start toward becoming one of the great flour milling centers in the country. A large boulder in Glenwood park bears the inscription, "Latitude 45 degrees north! Longitude 93 degrees, 19 mnutes, 10 seconds west !" It marks a spot exactly between the equator and the North pole. The buildings of the university of Minnesota may be seen on entering Minneapolis just before the Mississippi is crossed for the last time. Within the city limits are the Falls of Minnehaha immortalized by Longfellow in the poem "Hiawatha".

GLENCOE .....fifty miles to the west of Minneapolis, marks a change in the vegetation. Until the conifers of the mountains are reached, nearly all of the trees beyond here are cottonwoods growing along the streams, or planted in farmyards for shade.

GRANITE FALLS Population 2,502; altitude 938 feet; Chicago, 541 miles; Seattle, 1,648 miles. Here the Minnesota River valley presents a most interesting geological record. The wide valley south of the tracks now only carries a small stream, but was once the outlet of a lake covering possibly over 110,000 square miles. Further evidence of the prehistoric lake will be seen at Ortonville. Great boulders of red granite - caled "Mahogony" granite - mark this area. This is very old, igneous rock, scarred by glacial movements.

MONTEVIDEO Population 5,441; altitude 924 feet; Chicago, 554 miles; Seattle, 1,635 iles. Here is a crossing of the Yellowstone Trail highway which parallels the Milwaukee most of the way from the Twin Cities to Seattle. Montivideo is exactly half way between Plymouth Rock, Mass., and Puget Sound. The Camp Release Monument, standing in a state park about a mile to the south, commemorates the surrender of 269 white captives of Chief Little Crow to General Sibley in 1862.

ORTONVILLE Population 2,500; altitude 988 feet; Chicago, 600 miles; Seattle, 1,589 miles. The town is situated on Big Stone Lake, visible to the north on the Minnesota-South Dakota boundary. It was through Big Stone that anchient Lake Agassiz, covering an area larger than the Great Lakes, emptied into what is now the Minnesota valley. A branch line of the Milwaukee leads from here to Fargo, North Dakota.

Through western Minnesota and the Dakotas, the farms are generally large and use power machinery for handling crops. Wheat is grown very widely, and there is also a considerable acreage of corn, oats, and specialized crops such as flax and barley. When the rainfall is good, crops are bountiful, and the numerous elevators you will note along the railroad serve to store the threshed grains before being shipped to terminal markets and mills.

SOUTH DAKOTA
NORTH DAKOTA

These states were admitted to the union together in 1889. Their broad, gently roling plains stretch far and wide, and are drained by the mighty Missouri. In pioneer times, buffalo grass covered the plains, and this was the great buffalo country of the Indians. The buffalo have gone long since, but many Indians still live peacefully on government reservations. Dakota is an Indian word meaning, "an alliance of friends".

MILBANK ......has an English windmill on the station grounds that was built in 184 by the Holland brothers. Used first as a grist mill and then as a sawmill,it has been maintained as a curiosity. West of Milbank, a steady climb is begun up the "Coteau" or hill. A rise of 858 feet is made in 22 miles on a one percent grade. Near the crest, a grand panorama of farmland opens to the north up the Whestone valley, and the land becomes more rolling.

BRISTOL Population 672; altitude 1,777 feet; Chicago, 668 miles; Seattle, 1,521 miles. The double tracks separate here, the southern rails curving around a hill to avoid a heavy grade for eastbound trains. They join again at Andover. At Bristol a branch line connects the Hastings and Dakota Division that you are on with other divisions to the south.

ABERDEEN Population 21,005; alttude 1,229 feet; Chicago, 707 miles; Seattle, 1,482 mles. At this trading center and division point, an important line from Soiux City, Des Moines, and other cities to the south and east joins the transcontinental route of The Milwauee Road. One of the largest transit stock yards in the country is maintained here by the road. Good pheasant hunting around here, so watch for birds near the tracks. From Aberdeen to Mobridge the country becomes hilly.

MOBRIDGE Population 3,776; altitude 1653 feet; Chicago, 805 miles; Seattle, 1,384 miles. The name s a contraction of Missouri Bridge(Mo. Bridge) that came into use during construction of the railroad west of here. This is the dividing line between Central and Mountain time; westbound, set your watch back one hour. At Mobridge we pick up the historic trail of Lewis and Clark. Commissioned by Jefferson to explore the Missouri, these pioneers left St. Louis May 14, 1804. On October 8 of that year, they camped on Ashley Island, just north of the bridge, among the Arickaree (Ree) Indians. As the Lewis and Clark trail is close to the ralroad, it will be crossed several times as you go westward On the station ground you will see a collection of "cannon balls". These spherical stones are concretions of sandstone taken from the Cannonball River. There are also "Conqueror " stones associated with the legends of western Indians. After crossing the Missouri, the route stretches for almost a hundred miles through the Standing Rock Indian Reservation. This is Souix country. The Indians farm, irrigate some small acreages along the streams, and run some small but good herds of cattle. The Souix tribe may have originated in the Carolinas, migrated to Wisconsin and worked its way westward under the pressure of white expansion. Sitting Bull, one of the greatest Souix medicine men chiefs, was killed by the Indian police southwest of McLaughlin in 1890, and is buried at Fort Yates.

LEMMON Population 2,753; altitude 2,567 feet; Chicago, 904 miles; Seattle, 1,285 miles. A "Petrified Park" near the station contains a large collection of fossils and petrified wood. The new Shadehill Dam, part of the Missouri River Basin, is about 12 miles to the north. After leaving Lemmon, your route crosses the North Dakota state line and proceeds through the extreme southwestern part of the state. Here and there buttes appear. They result from the weathering away of softer materials, leaving rock or rock-protected earth standing in fantastic shapes. On some of the buttes, bright red streaks may be seen. This is scoria, or burnt clay. Lignite beds in the buttes caught fire and baked the clay strata to brick-like hardness. Scoria is used for road making around here.

IVES At Ives, an interesting section of the badlands is traversed to MARMARTH near the Montana lne. The bleak, arid land is heavily eroded. Just before reaching Marmarth, you cross the Little Missouri near the Theodore Roosevelt ranch.

MONTANA

Admitted to the Union in 1889, this is the third largest of our states. Montana's area equals the New England states plus New York, New Jersey, Delaware and Maryland. Truly an empire in in itself, Montana is aptly named the "Treasure State". Its topography includes vast plains and great chains of mountains, forests, rivers and lakes. Its grand scenery, deer, elk and bear, and its trout-filled lakes and streams attract thousands of sportsmen annually.

BAKER Population 1,904; altitude 2,934 feet; Chicago, 1,015 miles; Seattle, 1,174 miles. There's still wheat around, but you're getting into cow country. There are dude ranches nearby, and from here west all the way to the Bitter Roots. Natural gas in this region is piped to Miles City and the Black Hills region.

PLEVNA Here you will notice brown or black seams in the hillside. This is lignite deposited when the dinosaur, eohippus _ afox-sized horse _ and saber toothed tiger roamed through the dense vegetation of tropical swamps.

TERRY Population 1,000; altitude 2,247 feet; Chicago, 1,080 miles, Seattle, 1,109 miles. You are almost to the halfway mark. The railroad crosses the Yellowstone River and follows the north bank almost all the way to Miles City. There are thousands of acres of good irrigated farmland in this region.

MILES CITY Population 9,174; altitude 2,358 feet; Chicago, 1,119 miles; Seattle, 1,070 miles. The last great "cow town" of the old west. Where the railroad crosses the Tongue River, General Custer and his command camped June 17, 1876 on their way to the Little Bighorn where he and 264 men were wiped out by the Souix and Cheyennes under Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse. Southwest of Miles City is Signal Butte, used by the Indians in relaying smoke signals to points as far south as the Black Hills of South Dakota. Miles City was named for General Miles. Crossing the Tongue River, passing old Fort Keogh and again crossing the Yellostone, the route lies along its north bank. This stream is the source of moss agates for which the district is famous. opposite CARTERVILLE, center of an irrigation district, may be seen the mouth of the Rosebud River. Custer and the 7th Cavalry went up the Rosebud to ambush and death. Cattle and sheep graze on the buffalo grass, crested wheat and other grasses that gow on this range.

FORSYTH Population 2,061; altitude 2,535 feet; Chicago, 1,164 miles; Seattle, 1,025 miles. Leaving the Yellowstone, the railroad climbs a scarcely noticeable rise and enters the irrigated valley of the Musselshell. At tiny INGOMAR there is one of the largest sheep-shearing plants in the world. Looking to the north and ahead of the train at HIBBARD, you will see the Big Snowy mountains, first of the mountains on the westward trip. The Musselshell River is reached and crossed for the first time east of Melstone. There are many other crossings from here to Harlowton.

ROUNDUP Population 2,852; altitude 3,188 feet; Chicago, 1,265 miles; Seatle, 924 miles. The Bull mountains may be seen to the south. There are coal mines in this vicinity

RYEGATE Population 375; altitude 3,641 feet; Chicago, 1,306 miles; Seattle, 883 miles. Looking south and slightly ahead of the train you get a splendid view of the Crazy Mountains. Elevation is steadily increasing, the land is hillier and the buffalo country is dropping behind.

HARLOWTON Population 1,728; altitude 4,167; Chicago, 1,335 miles; Seattle, 854 miles. Named for Richard Harlow, builder of the Montana Central Railway, known as the "Jawbone Route". Part of this railroad was absorbed by he Milwauke, and the balance abadoned. A branchline serving Lewiston and Great Falls runs to the north. This is the beginnng of the first electrified zone - the world's longest continuous electrified ride. At this point, massive electric locomotives are attached to transcontinental trains for the 440 mile trip through this electrified zone.

TWO DOT ...is deep in cattle and sheep country. The station was named for "Two Dot" Wilson whose brand ".." on the left hip of his cattle, was known throughout the west. Here is the first electrical substation.

MARTINSDALE Population 125; altitude 4,822 feet; Chcago, 1,360 miles; Seattle, 829 miles. The grade becomes heavier and the country rougher with the Lttle Belt mountains off to the north. There are many sheep ranges around here.

at LOWETH ...you reach the summit of the Big Belt mountains. Seemingly without effort, your train has carried you to an elevation of 5,799 feet- more than a mile above sea level. Though you are on a mountain top, the terrain is rolling and affords excellent grazing for animals. Leaving Loweth, a wide swing is made down the mountain side and across the valley. A rock formation resembling a medieval castle may be seen.

RINGLING Population 70; altitde 5,304 feet, Chicago, 1,393 miles; Seattle, 796 miles. The station was named for the Ringling family of circus fame. The White Sulpher Springs and Yellowstone Park Railway may be seen extending to the north.

MONTANA CANYON Beginning at SIXTEEN and continuing westward for some 25 mies, Montana Canyon provides a glorious display of rugged mountain scenery. Deepy carved through sandstone, limestone and massive granite outcrops, the canyon displays spectacular evidence not only of water erosion, but of the volcanic upheavals that helped to form the Rockies and their outlying mountain chains. Sixteen Mile Creek, its tiny pools filled with big, fishing trout, winds along beside the track, rushing down the western slope of the belts to the Missouri River.

LOMBARD ....just to the west of the canyon, marks another crossing of the Misouri River and affords your first glimpse of the distant Rocky Mountains, the backbone of the continent.

THREE FORKS Population 1,147; altitude 4,062; Chicago, 1,450 miles; Seattle, 739 miles. Just to the east is the source of the Missouri. Lewis and Clark camped here in the summer of 1805 and named the three tributary streams the Madison, Jefferson and Gallatin. There is a bronze tablet to Sacajawea in the public park near the station, for it was just west of Three Forks that the Indian girl who guided the Lewis and Clark expedition, was reunited with her own people, the Shoshones. Passengers to Yellowstone National Park leave The Milwaukee Road at Three Forks and proceed southward by motor car through the green Gallitin valley to attractive Gallitin Gateway Inn. To the east are the Bridger mountains, to the west, the Madison and Tabacco Root ranges. Leaving Three Forks, the railroad follows the lovely Jefferson River, entering the Jefferson Canyon at SAPPINGTON. About five miles to the west, some 1,500 feet above and to the right of the track, you may see the entrance to Lewis and Clark Caverns, Montana's famed "cavern in the sky" that lies high up in the Tabacco Root mountains. At JEFFERSON ISLAND, now a small farming community, Lewis and Clark turned south along the Jefferson which the tracks now cross.

at PIEDMONT ...altitude 4,355 feet, your train begins the climb over the main range of the Rockies.Swinging in wide arcs, it passes VENDOME (mile post 1,490) where you can see the tracks far above you. Just beyond CEDRIC (mile post 1,494) you cross a road famed in the violent history of the frontier west - the Vigilante Trail. Approaching GRACE, the track clings to a rocky mountainside with almost vertical wals to the right and a deep, wooded valley to the left. In the distant Tabacco Root mountains to the southeast may be seen the profile of the "Sleeping Giant". As you ascend over a series of switchbacks, steadily upward you go through a landscape of boulders and stunted junipers until, 600 feet from the east portal of Pipestone Pass tunnel, a sign marks the CONTINENTAL DIVIDE, 6,347 feet above sea level. Just west of Pipestone Pass, you go through PENFIELD and glimpse the Yellowstone Trail. Emerging from the second tunnel beyond Penfield, you get a distant bird's-eye view of Butte, the first of many as you descend the west slope of the Rockies.

BUTTE Population 32,904; altitude 5,538 feet; Chicago, 1,522 miles; Seattle, 667 mils. Vigorous, dynamic Butte, built upon the "richest hil in the world", has produced one-third of all the copper mined in the United States. Though it got its star on gold panned from Silver Bow creek, copper later became the outstanding product of the 2,700 miles of underground workings that honeycomb the hills of Butte. The world-famous School of Mines of Montana University is located here. From a gold camp in 1864, Butte rose to its present position in the mining world- a unique, colorful and democratic city with an unequaled record of wealth production. Beyond Butte the route lies along Silver Bow creek and then through Silver Bow canyon. The rock is volcanic rhyolite, white when freshly exposed, but soon weathering to a variety of rich reds. Silver Bow creek formerly had many names as it flowed westward - the Deer Lodge, Hellgate, Missoula, and finally the Clark Fork. Most modern maps show it as the Clark Fork, the official government name. Just after passing FINLEN , the town of ANACONDA may be seen across the valley to the west. A 585 foot smoke stack marks the smelting plants where the copper ores of Butte are reduced. Triple-peaked Mt. Powell, 10,400 feet high, is seen to the west.

DEER LODGE Population 3,715; altitude 4,508; Chicago, 1,562 mles; Seattle, 627 miles. The buildings of the State Penitentiary are east of the town which is one of the oldest in Montana. On the station grounds is a statue of Capt. John Mullan, builder of the Mullan road. In 1859, Congress appropriated $100,000 for a military wagon road from Fort Benton, head of navigation on the Missouri, to Walla Walla on the Columbia. Mullan built the road in record time. The Milwaukee follows the same route from west of Deer Lodge, and remnants of the original wagon road may be seen from time to time. Deer Lodge got its name from a hot spring that was a popular "lick" for white tail deer. Eighteen miles west is GOLD CREEK. In 1852 Benetsee Finlay panned from the creek the first flakes of gold found in Montana. Between GARRISON and GOLD CREEK, a monument marks the place where the last spike in The Milwaukee Road's coast extension was driven May 19, 1909.

DRUMMOND ....at the west end of Deer Lodge valley is a sheep and mining country. Big baking potatoes, sugar beets and alfalfa are grown in irrigated land. Look toward the rear of the train, and you will see a grand panorama of distant mountains. The route crosses the Clark Fork and enters Hell Gate canyon, scene of raids by the Blackfoot Indians against the more peaceful Flatheads. A deep fold of he underlying limestone forms the bottom of the canyon, while high above may be seen again the white of the limestone where it has folded back on itself. Red shales and sandstone appear below this white ledge. A little west of BEARMOUTH you may notice an orchard. The first one visible since leaving the midwest, it is an outpost of the fruit raising district of the famed Bitter Root valley. At BONNER JUNCTION a branch line follows the Blackfoot river into rich timber country. Capt. Lewis made his way up the Blackfoot returning from the Pacific.

MISSOULA Population 22,320; altitude 3,183 feet, Chicago, 1,641 miles; Seattle, 548 miles. The buildings of Montana University may be seen south of the tracks just east of the Milwaukee Road station. Dating back to the founding of the Mission of St. Marys in 1841 by Father de Smet, Missoula has developed into the metropolis of western Montana, and a city of notable beauty. It is a gateway to Flathead Lake, Glacier National Park and scenic dude ranch areas. The nearby Bitter Root and Grass Valleys are famous for bush and tree fruits. To the north of Missoula, Mt. Jumbo bears on its face a record of the various water levels of ancient Lake Missoula that once covered the valley with a thousand feet of water. Leaving Missoula, Mt. Lolo marks Lolo Pass to the southwest. Through this defile, Lewis and Clark finally crossed the mountain barrier in 1805. Your route crosses the Clark Fork and follows it to its junction with the St. Regis at the station of the same name. The valley grows narrower and afords a beautiful view just after passing HUSON about 20 miles west of Missoula. West of ALBERTON and about a mile and one half east of CYR, the tracks cross the Clark Fork on a high bridge. Four miles west of Cyr, a wonderful rock formation, exposed by a mountain slide, displays striking colors. Just east of COBDEN, about 400 feet above the track, may be seen the entrance to a cave said to have been used by clff dwellers from the south.

ST. REGIS Popultion 425, altitude 2,678; Chicago, 1,716 miles; Seattle, 473 miles. The big bend of the Clark Fork. Here the river is crossed for the last time and the gentle up-grade of the valley along the St. Regis marks the beginning of the ascent of the Bitter Roots. Beyond DREXEL the first snow shed is seen - a reminder of the heavy snows of winter.

at HAUGEN ....there is a huge government forest nursery and the clmb steepens. To the right of the tracks, a beautiful canyon opens out at SALTESE. On up you go, winding through the mountains. Just beyond BRYSON is a series of great "switchbacks" where you can see the track ahead across a deep valley.

ST. PAUL PASS TUNNEL ......marks the summit of the Bitter Roots at an altitude of 4,170 feet. Beginning at EAST PORTAL, Montana, the 8,771 foot tunnel crosses 1,000 feet below the state line and emerges in Idaho

IDAHO

Admitted to the union in 1890 as the 45th state, Idaho has an area nearly equal to that of Pennsylvania and Ohio combined. The route of The Milwaukee Road crosses the narrow northern section of the state where the distance from the east to west boundaries is just is just 100 miles. The descent of the mountains from ROLAND to AVERY is scenically beautiful and a magnificent piece of engineering. Swinging in wide turns, a 1 1/2% grade lowers the track 2500 feet in a distance of 22 miles. Cuts and fills, tunnels and viaducts are used to do the job. The crossing of the Bitter Roots is one of the world.s outstanding scenic rides.

AVERY Population 245; altitude 2,492 feet; Chicago, 1,773 miles; Seattle, 416 miles. Here, after crossing the Big Belts, Rockies and Bitter Roots, the first zone of electrification ends. Avery, set deep in a canyon, is a railroad division point. Westbound, your watch should be set back an hour from Mountain to Pacific time. From MARBLE CREEK to CALDER the canyon walls are high and interesting rock formations are seen. Beginning at St. JOE and continuing to ST.MARIES, lumbering is a major industry. Watch for small tugboats pulling log tows on the shadowy St. Joe river.

WASHINGTON

The "Evergreen State" was admitted to the Union in 1889. Washington was included in the original Oregon Country, the only part of he U.S. that never owed allegiance to a foreign power, and that was aquired through discovery and occupation. The state was part of the land under debate great "54 - 40 or fight" eisode. Always a great producer of lumber, Washington has made intense industrial strides in the past 10 years. The eastern part of the state, and the rolling Palouse country to the south of Spokane, is a fine agricultural area with huge wheat farms. Seed and canning peas are also an important crop. From MANITO to DISHMAN the descending grade is rather sharp and follows the Spokane river valley, wide at Manito and narrowing as Spokane is approached. Rock formations of Yakima basalt appear - rugged reminders of the great lava flow that once spread its fiery flood over most of this section. Few scars remain near Spokane, but farther west the barren and desolate sublands of the Columbia are mute reminders of the ancient cataclysm.

SPOKANE Poulation 175,600; altitude 1,902 feet; Chicago, 1,879 miles; Seattle, 310 miles. Industrial, commercial and vacationcenter of the "Inland Empire", a territory as large as France. Originally called pokane falls because of its situation at the falls of the Spokane river, the city has grown into an important metropois. Plentiful hydro-electric power has brought it the name of the "Power City". 92 miles west of Spokane and conveniently reached by motorcoach, is Grand Coulee Dam. This world's greatest construction project impounds the waters of the mighty Columbia river in a lake 162 mies long, and is a fascinating spot to visit. Upon leaving the station at Spokne, your train crosses a high bridge which, in turn, spans a concrete highway bridge over the Spokane river. The falls are just below the bridge. A little farther west another high span crosses the river and affords a delightful view of the valley. West of CHENEY the country becomes level and fewer trees are seen. At MARENGO the tracks, which separated at Plummer Junction, rejoin and the route is through farming country.

LIND Population 793; atitude 1,415 feet; Chicago, 1,965 miles; Seattle, 224 miles. Under ideal weather conditions, the snowy crown of Mount Rainier, 125 miles to the west, may be seen outlined in the sky ahead. At WARDEN a branch line leads northward to Marcellus and Moses Lake, an irrigated section.

OTHELLO Population 650; altitude 1,039 feet; Chicago, 2,000 miles; Seattle, 189 mles. This is the eastern end of the second 216 mile electrified zone which extends to Tacoma. The Milwaukee Road has 656 miles of electrification through some of the finest mountain scenery of the Belt, Rockies, Bitter Root and Cascade ranges. Developement of the Columbia River Basin project will bring sizeable acreages near Othello under irrigation in 1953. As a result, the town is already showing marked growth and progress. The route lies almost due west along the north side of the Saddle mountains, through towns with old world names - CORFU, SMYRNA and JERICHO. Following Crab Creek, the rails lead to the Columbia river at Beverly.

BEVERLY Population 49; altitude 541 feet; Chicago, 2,038 miles; Seattle, 151 miles. Here the Columbia has cut its way through the Saddle mountains. 2,000 foot bluffs on both sides of the river dwarf the mile long steel bridge that carry your tracks. A branch line leads down the west bank of the Columbia to Hanford in the Priest river country. Hanford, of course, is now widely known as one of the great centers of atomic research. During the war years, the Milwaukee hauled many thousands of cars of construction materials to Hanford. At Johnson's Creek tunnel near BOYLSTON the summit of the Saddle mountains is reached at 2,455 feet. Mt. Rainier may be seen from time to time, a particularly fine view presenting itself from the high bridge just before reaching RENSLOW. KITTITAS is one of the oldest irrigated regions in the state and produces bumper crops of wheat, oats, potatoes, sweet corn, peas and other vegetables.

ELLENSBURG Population 8,417; altitude 1,585 feet; Chicago, 2,074 miles; Seattle, 115 miles. This pleasant agricultural town is located in the beautiful Kittitas valley. A little farther on, the Yakima river is crossed and the railroad follows its canyon. At THORP there is a fine view up and down the stream.

CLE ELUM Population 3,000; altitude 1,935 feet; Chicago, 2,099 miles; Seattle 90 iles. From Cle Elum you get your first full view of the Cascade mountains. Though having many rocky peaks, the Cascades are heavily forrested with evergreens and often wreathed with clouds. Here is a beautiful section that is ever fresh and changing. Leaving Cle Elum, the Yakima is again crossed and the steady climb up the mountain range begins.

EASTON Population 250; altitude 2,169 feet; Chicago, 2,111 miles; Seattle, 78 miles. The tracks pass through a picturesque gorge and enter a heavy forest, then along the shore of Lake Keechelus. The entire section just to the east and west of the crest of the Cascades is scenically interesting. Snows are heavy in winter, but the summer climate is pleasant and the area is now being developed for resorts and homes.

SNOQUALMIE TUNNEL 2 1/4 miles long, is a straight bore through the mountain, your train emerging on the west slope of the Casades. Heavy mountain grades have been eliminated by this tunnel without any sacrifice of scenic beauty. ROCKDALE, at the western portal, affords an inspiring view. Glaciers have carved the cascades into many interlacing canyons, but this rugged terrain is softened by green forests. To the north, on a rocky pinnacle, is a forest ranger lookout station. To the south appears the headland called McClellan's Butte, named for the Civil War general who surveyed the Snoqualmie Pass route in 1853.

CEDAR FALLS Population 120; altitude 938 feet; Chicago, 2,150 miles; Seattle, 39 miles. From here to LANDSBURG the country is known as the Seattle Watershed and provides the water supply for the city. A branch line from picturesque Cedar Falls follows the Snoqualmie northwest to Everett, while the main line crosses a glacial morraine into the valley of the Cedar river, and follows it to Renton. At MAPLE VALLEY a fine view of Mt. Rainier is to be had by looking to the rear after leaving the station.

RENTON Population 16,039; altitude 37 feet; Chicago, 2,177 miles; Seattle, 12 miles. Located at the foot of Lake Washington, Seattle's fresh water harbor, Renton is a growing suburb with several big indutries.

SEATTLE Population 462,981; altitude 15 feet; Chicago, 2,189 miles. Founded in 1852 and once merely the jumping-off place for Alaskan gold miners, this young city has grown magically in wealth, beauty and population. It is the home of the University of Washington. Located on Puget Sound with a natural, salt water harbor in Elliot Bay and the fresh water harbors of Lake Union and Lake Washington, Seattle is a great world port. It is the gateway to Alaska as well as to Russia, China, Japan, Hawaii, the Philippines and Australia. The miltary reservation of Fort Lawton is within the city, and the giant U.S. Navy Yard at Bremmerton is just across the Sound. Beyond Bremmerton and stretching to the Pacific shore is the great Olympic Penninsula with its mountains, lakes, forests and beaches. Seattle's mild year 'round climate further enhances the attractions of this vigorous city wth its striking business district, fine parks and lovely residential areas.

TACOMA Population 142,975; altitude 63 feet; Chicago, 2,207 miles. Only 30 miles away from its sister city, Tacoma is the western terminus of The Milwaukee Road. Like Seattle, tacoma lies on a series of hills along Puget Sound. Its deep-water harbor is Commencement Bay, and it was as Commencement City that Tacoma was founded in 1852. Tacoma is the gateway to Mt. Rainier National Park. It is a city of homes and parks, known for its fine public school system, and is considered the lumbering capitol of America. Both Seattle and Tacoma are the hub of the Northwest Wonderland, an empire of recreational attractions unsurpassed in this country. Easy of access from these cities are Mt. Rainier, the Olympic Penninsula with its loop highway and Olympic National Park, Mt. baker and other Cascades resorts, the San Juan Islands, the British Coumbia cities of Victoria and Vancouver, and Alaska. To the south is Portland and the Columbia River Highway.

WM. WALLACE Asst. Passenger Trafic Mgr. Chicago, IL. O. R. ANDERSON General Passenger Agent Seattle, WA. H. SENGSTACKEN Passenger Traffic Manager Chicago, IL