The Milwaukee Road, the colloquial name for the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Co., connected Spokane to Seattle in 1909. It was part of the race among rail giants to reach the ...

In 1909, The Milwaukee Road became the third transcontinental railroad to connect through Spokane to Seattle. Expansion of its electric routes in the West cost the railroad company dearly and led ...

"When the Milwaukee exited most of Montana following the embargo of Feb. 29, 1980, the marker was left behind with a future as uncertain as that of the railroad," Clark wrote.