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Ross Winans Biography
Ross Winansinventor, manufacturerBorn: 1796Birthplace: Sussex County, N.J. Ironically, the man who would set the standard for railroad wheel design for the entire 19th century first came in…Marcus Garvey
Through his public speeches and his newspaper Negro World, Marcus Garvey became one of the most influential black leaders of the early 20th century. Born and raised in Jamaica, Marcus Garvey…John Edwards RUSSELL, Congress, MA (1834-1903)
RUSSELL John Edwards , a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Greenfield, Franklin County, Mass., January 20, 1834; was instructed by private tutors; returned to Massachusetts and became…Collis P. Huntington Biography
Collis P. Huntingtonrailroad executiveBorn: 10/22/1821Birthplace: Harwinton, Conn. Like his future partner, Mark Hopkins, Huntington moved his mercantile business west to capitalize on the…Southern Pacific Company
(Encyclopedia) Southern Pacific Company, transportation system chartered (1865) in California and later reincorporated in Kentucky (1885) and Delaware (1947). Small railroads—known collectively as…Bristol, city, England
(Encyclopedia) Bristol, city and unitary authority (2021 est. pop. 694,000), SW England, at the confluence of the Avon and Frome rivers. Bristol, a…Isidor STRAUS, Congress, NY (1845-1912)
STRAUS Isidor , a Representative from New York; born in Otterberg, Rhenish Bavaria, Germany, February 6, 1845; immigrated to the United States in 1854 and settled in Talbotton, Ga.; attended…Walt Whitman: Thought ("As I sit with others")
ThoughtAs I sit with others at a great feast, suddenly while the music is playing, To my mind, (whence it comes I know not,) spectral in mist of a wreck at sea, Of certain ships, how they…P.B.S. Pinchback Biography
P.B.S. PinchbackPinckney Benton StewartAmerican Reconstruction-era politician Born: May 10, 1837Birthplace: Macon, Georgia Pinchback was born to a freed slave and her former master, who…Cornelius Vanderbilt Biography
Cornelius Vanderbiltindustrialist, financierBorn: 5/27/1794Birthplace: Port Richmond, N.Y. Having gotten his feet wet operating the Staten Island ferry in 1810, Vanderbilt then worked for…Trending
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