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Current text reads: “The railroads arrived in the 1880s, including the Great Northern Railroad (1889) and its rival, the Northern Pacific Railroad (1883) from Minneapolis, and the Union Pacific Railroad (1881) from Denver.”

The Union Pacific Railroad did not build into Montana from Denver. The line to Montana was built north from Ogden through Pocatello, ID over Monida Pass (the continental divide) to Butte, Montana. Reference: P.17, Smoke Down the Canyons, Ehernberger and Gschwind, 1966.

Suggested rewording: The railroads arrived in the 1880s, including the Great Northern Railroad (1889) and its rival, the Northern Pacific Railroad (1883) from Minneapolis, and the Union Pacific Railroad (1881) from Pocatello, Idaho.