The Song of Hiawatha 1950). American landscape painters referred to the poem to add an epic dimension to their patriotic celebration of the wonders of the national landscape. Albert Bierstadt presented his sunset piece, "The Departure of Hiawatha," to Longfellow in 1868 when the poet was in England to receive an honorary degree at the University of Cambridge. Other examples include Thomas Moran's "Fiercely the Red Sun Descending, Burned His Way along the Heavens" (1875), held by the North Carolina Museum of Art, and the panoramic waterfalls of "Hiawatha and Minnehaha on their Honeymoon" (1885) by Jerome Thompson (1814 – 1886). Thomas Eakins made
North Coast Hiawatha of the company's six most beautiful. The train also provided a convenient connection to Yellowstone National Park at Livingston, Montana. On November 14, 1971, Amtrak formally named this service the "North Coast Hiawatha", For four days a week, it ran independently of the "Empire Builder" from the Twin Cities to Spokane. On the other three days of the week, it combined with the "Empire Builder" in Spokane for the trip to Seattle. Amtrak initially named the Minneapolis train "Hiawatha", but adopted the "Twin Cities Hiawatha" name on January 16, 1972. Amtrak reverted to "Hiawatha" on October 29, and this name