The late 1800s was the age of the railroad. Trains steamed across the hills, valleys, and plains of a growing United States, steadily bringing distant communities closer together. Thousands of miles ...
The late 1800s was the age of the railroad. Trains steamed across the hills, valleys, and plains of a growing United States, steadily bringing distant communities closer together. Thousands of miles ...
Railroads were the arteries for any enterprising community in the 19th century. Joplin’s mineral wealth attracted investors, miners and settlers, but until 1876, no railroads. Even then, the first ...
Jay Gould's climb to prominence is a tale of rags to riches, the stuff of the American dream. He fashioned one of the Nation's most formidable business empires, and became the most daring and original ...
Securities analyst Steinmetz (The Richest Man Who Ever Lived) offers a well-rounded biography of railroad tycoon and Wall Street investor Jay Gould (1836–1892). Best known for his greed and ...
IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Jay Gould had one of the most ...
When the late Jay Gould, maker and breaker of railroads, lay dying, his devoted daughter Helen, then 24, was a constant attendant at his bedside. Last week at Roxbury, N. Y., Jay Gould’s birthplace, ...
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Jay Gould was blasted in his obituary as “a wrecker of industries and an impoverisher of men.” But Edward Renehan’s biography seeks to portray the railroad magnate and Wall Street financier as “an ...
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