James J. Hill - Wikipedia
James Jerome Hill (September 16, 1838 – May 29, 1916) was a Canadian-American railway director. He was the chief executive officer of a family of lines headed by the Great Northern Railway, which served a substantial area of the Upper Midwest, the northern Great Plains, and the Pacific Northwest in the United States.
James J. Hill - Minnesota Historical Society
After amassing a personal fortune estimated at $63 million and over $200 million in related assets, James J. Hill died in his Summit Avenue home on May 29, 1916, one of the wealthiest and most powerful figures of America’s Gilded Age.
James J. Hill - Railroads, House & Northwest - Biography
2014年4月2日 · James J. Hill was a railroad executive who came from an impoverished childhood to found his own company in 1866. He would eventually helm the Great Northern Railway Company, which was...
Hill, James J. (1838-1916) - HistoryLink.org
2007年3月18日 · James J. Hill, nicknamed the Empire Builder, embodied the archetypal American story of success, rising from poor dock clerk to multimillionaire railroad magnate. In time, Hill had gained control of the Great Northern, Northern Pacific, and the Burlington railroads.
James J. Hill | American Experience | Official Site | PBS
According to biographer Albro Martin, James J. Hill was "the last and greatest American railroad leader in the heroic era." The native Canadian's name became synonymous with...
James J. Hill | Railroad Tycoon, Business Magnate, Entrepreneur ...
James J. Hill (born September 16, 1838, near Guelph, Ontario, Canada—died May 29, 1916, St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S.) was an American financier and railroad builder who helped expand rail networks in the northwestern United States.
James J. Hill Biography – Childhood, Facts, Family Life
James Jerome Hill, a Canadian-American railroad executive and the greatest pioneer in the field of transcontinental railroads, was a visionary who transcended the dreams of a common man and went on to become ‘The Empire Builder.’
James J. Hill: The "Empire Builder" Who Built The Great Northern
2024年11月11日 · James J. Hill, who became famous as the "Empire Builder" for his role in further developing the Northwest through his control of the Great Northern Railway, is perhaps just as well remembered for what he did outside of the business world.
Hill, James J. (1838–1916) - MNopedia
James J. Hill fit the nickname “empire builder.” He assembled a rail network—the Great Northern (1878), the Northern Pacific (1896), and the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy (1901)—that stretched from Duluth to Seattle across the north, and from Chicago south to St. Louis and then west to Denver.
Hill, James Jerome (1838-1916) - HistoryLink.org
2005年7月10日 · James J. Hill died on May 29, 1916, thus ending a long life span which began in a log house on the Canadian frontier. Before he passed on, his son Louis had succeeded him as president of the Great Northern.