Thursday, May 8, 2008
- Dave Harrold
The third part of Deloyt Young's book,
North Platte Bailey Yard, is now available on the
Golden Spike Tower's web site.
Chapter 3. Original Bailey Yard
The first building in North Platte was a general store built in September of 1866 by Penniston and Miller in anticipation of the railroad's arrival. The railroad entered North Platte on November 9th, 1866. Having already been designated by the initial surveying crew as a division point, it would become a switching yard. The population of North Platte reached nearly 3,000 people prior to the end of 1866. It was primarily those people building the line and business people who were after the money which came in with the railroad wages.
Read the whole chapter
here. Come see Bailey Yard during Rail Fest 2008.