Author: Elliott Anthony
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Category : Railroad law
Languages : en
Pages : 320
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A Treatise on the Law of Consolidation of Railroad Companies
Author: Elliott Anthony
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Category : Railroad law
Languages : en
Pages : 320
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Category : Railroad law
Languages : en
Pages : 320
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The Railroad Tycoon Who Built Chicago
Author: Jack Harpster
Publisher: SIU Press
ISBN: 0809386801
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
William Butler Ogden was a pioneer railroad magnate, one of the earliest founders and developers of the city of Chicago, and an important influence on U.S. westward expansion. His career as a businessman stretched from the streets of Chicago to the wilds of the Wisconsin lumber forests, from the iron mines of Pennsylvania to the financial capitals in New York and beyond. Jack Harpster’s The Railroad Tycoon Who Built Chicago: A Biography of William B. Ogden is the first chronicle of one of the most notable figures in nineteenth-century America. Harpster traces the life of Ogden from his early experiences as a boy and young businessman in upstate New York to his migration to Chicago, where he invested in land, canal construction, and steamboat companies. He became Chicago’s first mayor, built the city’s first railway system, and suffered through the Great Chicago Fire. His diverse business interests included real estate, land development, city planning, urban transportation, manufacturing, beer brewing, mining, and banking, to name a few. Harpster, however, does not simply focus on Ogden’s role as business mogul; he delves into the heart and soul of the man himself. The Railroad Tycoon Who Built Chicago is a meticulously researched and nuanced biography set against the backdrop of the historical and societal themes of the nineteenth century. It is a sweeping story about one man’s impact on the birth of commerce in America. Ogden’s private life proves to be as varied and interesting as his public persona, and Harpster weaves the two into a colorful tapestry of a life well and usefully lived.
Publisher: SIU Press
ISBN: 0809386801
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
William Butler Ogden was a pioneer railroad magnate, one of the earliest founders and developers of the city of Chicago, and an important influence on U.S. westward expansion. His career as a businessman stretched from the streets of Chicago to the wilds of the Wisconsin lumber forests, from the iron mines of Pennsylvania to the financial capitals in New York and beyond. Jack Harpster’s The Railroad Tycoon Who Built Chicago: A Biography of William B. Ogden is the first chronicle of one of the most notable figures in nineteenth-century America. Harpster traces the life of Ogden from his early experiences as a boy and young businessman in upstate New York to his migration to Chicago, where he invested in land, canal construction, and steamboat companies. He became Chicago’s first mayor, built the city’s first railway system, and suffered through the Great Chicago Fire. His diverse business interests included real estate, land development, city planning, urban transportation, manufacturing, beer brewing, mining, and banking, to name a few. Harpster, however, does not simply focus on Ogden’s role as business mogul; he delves into the heart and soul of the man himself. The Railroad Tycoon Who Built Chicago is a meticulously researched and nuanced biography set against the backdrop of the historical and societal themes of the nineteenth century. It is a sweeping story about one man’s impact on the birth of commerce in America. Ogden’s private life proves to be as varied and interesting as his public persona, and Harpster weaves the two into a colorful tapestry of a life well and usefully lived.
Charter, Constitution, By-laws, Membership List, Annual Report
Author: Chicago Historical Society
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 220
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 220
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Charter, Constitution, By-laws, Membership List, Annual Report
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Category : Chicago (Ill.)
Languages : en
Pages : 708
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Category : Chicago (Ill.)
Languages : en
Pages : 708
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Annual Report
Author: Chicago Historical Society
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Category : Local history
Languages : en
Pages : 728
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Category : Local history
Languages : en
Pages : 728
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Check List of Chicago Ante-fire Imprints, 1851-1871
Author: Historical Records Survey (U.S.)
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 760
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 760
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Chicago and North Western Railway Company
Author: Association of American Railroads. Bureau of Railway Economics. Library
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 362
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 362
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Nineteenth Century Short-title Catalogue: phase 1. 1816-1870
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Category : Books
Languages : en
Pages : 778
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Category : Books
Languages : en
Pages : 778
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American Law Publishing, 1860-1900: Bibliographic indexes
Author: Betty W. Taylor
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 626
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 626
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Charter, Constitution, By-laws, Membership List, and Annual Report [for the Years].
Author: Chicago Historical Society
Publisher:
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 216
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Publisher:
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 216
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