James Jarome Hill
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James Jarome Hill was born near Rockwood, Ontario in 1838. A boyhood accident that blinded him in one eye dashed his early dreams of becoming a doctor. He was forced to go to work at an early age due to the death of his father. At the age of 16, Hill went to St. Paul, Minnesota and took a job with a steamboat company. At the age of 25, he became an agent for the Northwestern Packet Company and organized the Red River Transportation Company five years later. The Red River Transportation Company was the first in a series of...
had acquired control of the Northern Pacific, and to gain an entry into Chicago he bought the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy in 1901. He gave Northern Pacific a half interest in the Burlington. Competition between the two for Northern Pacific stock caused the Wall Street panic of 1901. The Northern Securities Co, formedin 1901 as a holding company for Hill properties, was dissolved in 1904 by the U.S. Supreme Court. Hill was also an organizer of the Canadian Pacific Pailroad. Besides transportantion, he was interested in agriculture and conservation. He died in St. Paul, Minnesota on May 29, 1916.

had acquired control of the Northern Pacific, and to gain an entry into Chicago he bought the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy in 1901. He gave Northern Pacific a half interest in the Burlington. Competition between the two for Northern Pacific stock caused the Wall Street panic of 1901. The Northern Securities Co, formedin 1901 as a holding company for Hill properties, was dissolved in 1904 by the U.S. Supreme Court. Hill was also an organizer of the Canadian Pacific Pailroad. Besides transportantion, he was interested in agriculture and conservation. He died in St. Paul, Minnesota on May 29, 1916.
Henry Ford was born on July 30, 1863 and died on April 7, 1947. Henry Ford was the son of William Ford, who had emigrated from Ireland in 1847 and settled on a farm in Dearborn, Michigan. Henry disliked farm life and had a natural aptitude for machinery. When he...
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Abraham Bram Stoker was born November 8, 1847 at 15 The Crescent, Clontarf, North of Dublin, the third of seven children. For the first 7 years of his life Stoker was bedridden with a myriad of childhood diseases which afforded him much time to reading. By the time he went...
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Many individuals have a direct vision on life. Robert Frost, an American poet, was born in San Francisco, California, on March 26, 1874. During his youth he attended respectively, the Universities of Dartmouth and Harvard, but never obtained a degree. In 1912, Frost moved his family to England because of...
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In ancient Greece, the most feared named was Sparta. It was a total war machine willing to take on all comers. They rose above the rest by being well disciplined and educated. The man who brought them this glory was Lycergus. Like any great leader he was very idealistic. His...
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There are many famous people around the world, and some of them are the singers. The singers are very important for the people thanks to their music. One of the persons that most people like because of her own style of music is the Latin girl Shakira. Thanks to all...
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