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- Title
Madras Railroad Day Centennial Celebration, 1911-2011.
- Authors
Ramsey, Jarold
- Abstract
The article discusses centennial celebrations of the opening of the Oregon Trunk Railway on February 15, 1911 in Madras, Oregon. It notes that 2011 events included historic reenactments and a skit. The author comments on the railroad's role in the history of the central Oregon region, suggesting that it opened the area to homesteaders and speculators. He also comments on James J. Hill, executive of the Great Northern Railway Company, and considers celebrations at the Oregon Trunk Depot in Metolius, Oregon.
- Subjects
MADRAS (Or.); METOLIUS (Or.); OREGON; UNITED States; OREGON state history, 1859-; RAILROADS; HISTORY of railroads; CENTENNIALS; HILL, James Jerome, 1838-1916; GREAT Northern Railway Co. (U.S.)
- Publication
Oregon Historical Quarterly, 2011, Vol 112, Issue 2, p252
- ISSN
0030-4727
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5403/oregonhistq.112.2.0252