What were the main activities of the Northern Pacific Railway?
Shipping goods and transporting passengers
Manufacturing locomotives
Building bridges
Operating amusement parks
Answer
The main activities of the Northern Pacific Railway were shipping wheat and other farm products, cattle, timber, and minerals; bringing in consumer goods, transporting passengers; and selling land. The railroad played a significant role in the development of the regions it served.
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