Camp of Northern Pacific Railroad engineers in the Cascade Mountains in 1886 during the construction of the Stampede Tunnel. Up until this time the Northern Pacific transcontinental line, completed in 1883, ran through Portland. With the completion of the Cascade line into Tacoma -- and later Seattle -- trains could by-pass Portland and wheat, as well as other freight, was shipped directly to Puget Sound ports. (Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries, UW negative #5815.)

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