Download or read book North Bank Road written by John T. Gaertner and published by Pullman, Wash. : Washington State University Press. This book was released on 1990 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A detailed history of one of J.J. Hill's enterprises--the line into the lucrative Willamette Valley (Portland and points south) where he could duke it out with Harriman's Southern Pacific. Many photos and charts. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.