The Railroad Tycoon Who Built Chicago

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Publisher : SIU Press
ISBN 13 : 0809386801
Total Pages : 329 pages
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Download or read book The Railroad Tycoon Who Built Chicago written by Jack Harpster and published by SIU Press. This book was released on 2009-08-28 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

City of the Century

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ISBN 13 : 0795339852
Total Pages : 1084 pages
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American Railroad Journal

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Total Pages : 732 pages
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Travel and Description, 1765-1865

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Total Pages : 556 pages
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A History of Chicago, Volume I

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Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226668398
Total Pages : 523 pages
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The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints

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Total Pages : 712 pages
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A Bibliography of Illinois Imprints, 1814-58

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Publisher : Chicago, University of Chicago Press [c1966]
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 636 pages
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Bulletin of the Chicago Historical Society

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Total Pages : 168 pages
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Railway Locomotives and Cars

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Total Pages : 852 pages
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Bulletin

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Total Pages : 334 pages
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Railroad Gazette

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Total Pages : 1342 pages
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Report of William B. Ogden, Esq., President of the Company

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Total Pages : 0 pages
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Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society

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Total Pages : 314 pages
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Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society

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History of Illinois and Her People

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Total Pages : 688 pages
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A History of Chicago ...: 1673-1848

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Total Pages : 532 pages
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Railroad Age Gazette

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Total Pages : 740 pages
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