Great Northern Railways Veterans’ Association badge

Great Northern Railways Veterans’ Association badge

Great Northern Railways Veterans’ Association badge, ca. 1913–1916.

Great Northern Railway Veterans’ Association pin

Great Northern Railway Veterans’ Association pin

Great Northern Railway Veterans’ Association pin, ca. 1913–1940.

Great Northern Railway Veterans’ Association button

Great Northern Railway Veterans’ Association button

Great Northern Railway Veterans’ Association pin, ca. 1913–1940.

Officers of the Veterans’ Association of the Great Northern Railway

Officers of the Veterans’ Association of the Great Northern Railway

Officers of the Veterans’ Association of the Great Northern Railway in 1913. Association of the Great Northern Railway, 1908‒1914 (Minnesota: The Association, [1914?]).

James J. Hill with members of the Great Northern Railway Veterans’ Association

James J. Hill with members of the Great Northern Railway Veterans’ Association

James J. Hill, Mary T. Hill, James J. Hill II (Jerome), Cortland Hill, and members of the Great Northern Railway Veterans’ Association with seventy-five roses presented to Hill in Glacier Park, Montana, on May 29, 1913--his seventy-fifth birthday. William John McMillan Sr, president of the association, is at the left, holding his hat. From the Louis W. Hill papers, Manuscripts Collection, Minnesota Historical Society.

James J. Hill's seventy-fifth-birthday dinner

James J. Hill's seventy-fifth-birthday dinner

James J. Hill's seventy-fifth-birthday, Glacier Park, Montana, 1913. The dinner was attended by members of the Great Northern Railway Veterans Association. From the Louis W. Hill papers, Manuscripts Collection, Minnesota Historical Society. Photograph by Brown Photography Studio.

Great Northern Veterans’ Association

Great Northern Veterans’ Association

The Great Northern Veterans’ Association assembled at memorial services at North Oaks, Minnesota, 1918. Photograph by William Bull. From the Louis W. Hill papers, Manuscripts Collection, Minnesota Historical Society.

Great Northern Railway Veterans’ Association certificate

Great Northern Railway Veterans’ Association certificate

James J. Hill's certificate of membership (#1) in the Veterans’ Association of the Great Northern Railway. Issued in St. Paul on April 9, 1913. From the Louis W. Hill papers, Manuscripts Collection, Minnesota Historical Society.

Veterans’ Association of the Great Northern Railway

The Veterans’ Association of the Great Northern Railway was organized in 1913 to encourage the fellowship of those who had served with the company for at least twenty-five years, and to promote their general welfare. A merger of railways created a new veterans’ group in 1972.

Harmony Agri Services grain processing and storage facility

Harmony Agri Services

Description: The 2017 Harmony Agri Services grain processing and storage facility. It is located across the road from the historic 1879 McMichel Grain Elevator and along near where the railroad existed from 1879 to 1977. Photo taken in May 2018.
Photographer: Amy Jo Hahn

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