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Library of Congress1925

Railroad Map of Trinidad.

This map, produced by the Transportation Department of the United States Department of Commerce in 1925, shows the railroad network of Trinidad. The main rail line in Trinidad was the Trinidad Government Railway, which originally was built in 1876 to connect the major city of Port of Spain with Arima. It later was extended to other inland towns. In addition to railroad lines and tramways, the map shows towns and counties and county boundaries. Originally claimed for Spain by Christopher Columbus in 1498, Trinidad was seized by Britain in 1797. With its much smaller sister island of Tobago, it became a single British colony in 1889. In the 19th century, the economy was dominated by agriculture, chiefly the production of sugarcane and cacao. Oil was discovered in 1857 and the petroleum industry developed from the 1860s onward. The colony of Trinidad and Tobago achieved independence in 1962.

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Library of Congress1936

Image 2 of Montana oil and mining journal (Great Falls, Mont.), August 22, 1936

Early Newspapers Colored by Tides and Prejudices of Gold and Copper Camps War Vigilantes and DalyClark Feud Were All in Their Stride PRESS HAULED BY OXCART OVER PLAINS NOTED MEN HELPED EDIT TOM BAKER LEADING NEWSMAN OF TIMES Strong Southern Leanings At Virginia City Moved Montana Post to Helena Miner Deficits Cost Clark High His Control of A P at Butte Forced Daly to Publish At Anaconda By W W CHEELY A few weeks following the dis covery of gold in Grasshopper Creek Bannack a printer with a small army press and a shirt tail full of type appeared in Bannack unloaded his outfit and announced that he had come to the new gold fields to establish the first news paper In the territory which was then Idaho He immediately pro ceeded to get out his first and only issue of the Bannack NewsLetter a small poster size sheet In this work he was assisted by CoL WÜ tatory anseveraothereditorials Stampede Follows A few days after the publication of e Bannack News u e Din S w2L tne P nenom Su iP y 4 M ni k a 5 her 52 r vfSÎT foini e L g0l f S r

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Library of Congress1940

Image 2 of Montana oil and mining journal (Great Falls, Mont.), March 9, 1940

Aider Gulch Stampede Put End to Bannack Newspaper what is now Montana and which was adult in Bannuk who did not po A few weeks following the discovery of gold to Grasshopper nack a printer with i press and a shirttail full of type ap peared in Bannack unloaded his out fit and announced that he had come to the new gold fields to establish the first paper in the territory which was then Idaho He immediately proceeded to get out his first and only issue of the Bannack NewsLetter a small poster size sheet In this work he was assisted by Col Wilbur F Sanders and several ys after the issue of the creek Ban a small army who wrote the salutato other editorials A few publication of the initial Bannack NewsLetter came the news of the phenominal strike by Bill Fair weather and his friends in Alder gulch where gold had been found in super abundance Immediately thereafter oc curred the Viriginia City stampede one of the most notable gold rushes in da NOW G0 With Montanas Own BIG WEST Polymer Gasoline Higher Test at No Higher Price A Montana product for Montana people Try Polymer gasoline today

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