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===Milwaukee Road=== In 1906, the [[Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad]] ("Milwaukee Road") started building west with its route coming though Harlowton.<ref name=":5">{{Cite book|title=Lines West Memories|last=Wilkerson|first=W H|publisher=Times Clarion|year=1992|location=Harlowton, Montana|via=OCLC 45687490}}</ref> On December 5, 1907, work was started on the Milwaukee Railroad [[Railway roundhouse|Roundhouse]] in Harlowton.<ref name=":3" /> The first passenger train from the east rolled into Harlowton on March 9, 1908, with freight trains to follow.<ref name=":5" /> In 1915 the [http://harlowtonmuseum.org/Exhibits/Railroad/MilwaukeeRoad.aspx Milwaukee Railroad was electrified from Harlowton to Avery, Idaho] β over 450 mountainous miles.<ref name=":3" /> Harlowton became the eastern terminus of electric operations and was known as βthe place where electricity replaces steam.β<ref name=":5" /> The Milwaukee Railroad dropped its electrified system in 1974, just months before the [[1973 oil crisis|OPEC]] oil embargo of the United States.<ref name=":3" /> The Milwaukee Railroad was abandoned following a bankruptcy settlement and the last train that went through Harlowton was in March 1980.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ridethehiawatha.com/history|title=History of the Milwaukee Road Railroad Company}}</ref> [[Milwaukee Road Historic District]] was listed in the [[National Register of Historic Places]] on July 8, 1988.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://focus.nps.gov/pdfhost/docs/NRHP/Text/88001024.pdf|title=United States Department of the Interior National Park Service|website=National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet}}</ref> The depot has been converted into the Harlowton Milwaukee Depot Museum.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://centralmontana.com/listings/19043.htm|title=Central Montana|website=Harlowton Milwaukee Depot Museum}}</ref>
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