Author : Lynn Ledeboer
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1439666954
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (396 download)
Book Synopsis Kansas Tycoon Emerson Carey by : Lynn Ledeboer
Download or read book Kansas Tycoon Emerson Carey written by Lynn Ledeboer and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2019-04-29 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I've seen a fly make a bull switch his tail" is a homespun quip attributed to Emerson Carey, the powerful salt magnate of Hutchinson, Kansas. True or not, the quote epitomizes the fearless and tenacious character of the legend who became Reno County's benefactor. Young, awestruck Carey arrived in boomtown 1880s Hutchinson and went on to create an immense empire. Coal, ice, salt, strawboard, egg cases, bags, soda ash and streetcars--he presided over it all. From Carey's sleeping in a coal yard with a quarter in his pocket to the founding of the exclusive Willowbrook community and attaining a net worth of more than $15 million, authors Lynn Ledeboer and Myron Marcotte relate the epic story.