Gold Creek, Montana Territory

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Gold Creek, Montana Territory is a historic site in western Montana known as the location where the Northern Pacific Railway’s transcontinental line was ceremonially completed with a golden spike in the 19th century.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historic site
unincorporated community
associatedWithRailway Northern Pacific Railway NERFINISHED
country United States of America
surface form: United States
event ceremonial driving of the last spike of the Northern Pacific Railway
eventDate 8 September 1883
geographicFeature valley along the Clark Fork River
hasCommemorativeMarker Northern Pacific Railway last spike monument NERFINISHED
historicalEra 19th century
historicalFunction railroad construction camp area
knownFor location of the driving of a golden spike for the Northern Pacific Railway
site of the ceremonial completion of the Northern Pacific Railway transcontinental line
locatedIn Montana Territory NERFINISHED
locatedInCounty Powell County, Montana NERFINISHED
locatedInPresentDay Montana NERFINISHED
locatedInRegion western Montana
locatedOnRoute historic transcontinental rail corridor between the Great Lakes and the Pacific Northwest
locatedOnWatercourse Clark Fork River NERFINISHED
namedAfter Gold Creek NERFINISHED
nearbyCity Deer Lodge, Montana NERFINISHED
nearbySettlement Garrison, Montana NERFINISHED
partOf Northern Pacific Railway main line NERFINISHED
significance symbolic completion point of a transcontinental railroad route in the northern United States
timeZone Mountain Time Zone
transportationCorridor Northern Pacific Railway route through Montana NERFINISHED

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Northern Pacific Railway goldenSpikeLocation Gold Creek, Montana Territory