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Out Our Way: There's nothing here - Psalm 145

Out our way, Highway 2 is perhaps the longest two-lane highway in the nation. It parallels the Burlington Northern railway that covers most of the country along the Canadian Border. Back in the day, the trains were steam engines and needed water tanks to refill the boilers every 10 miles or so … and these towns sprang up along the tracks. Most were ranching and farming communities, so they tended to be small and rather obscure towns.

With the creation of the National Park system, many tourists started to take the train and later the highway to places like Glacier, and most of the scenery tende...

 

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