Hill envisaged the park's rugged alpine scenery as a "Little Switzerland" and, understanding its value as a tourist destination, he authorized the construction of two historic train stations and a handful of rustic hotels on its southern perimeter. Notoriously difficult to access at the time of its inception in 1910, Glacier owed much of its early success to the Great Northern Railway, a pioneering line conceived and constructed by industrialist James J Hill – aka the "Empire Builder" – in the 1890s. Stretching from the Atlantic to the Pacific, the country’s multi-million dollar, cross-continental railroad system trail-blazed its way through spectacular scenery and subtly ignited a healthy interest in the "great outdoors." One of its iconic stops was the 1489-sq-mile Glacier National Park in northwestern Montana. Cracker Lake in Glacier National Park © Feng Wei Photography / Getty Images The great outdoors by train
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