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James Jerome Hill (September 16, 1838 – May 29, 1916) was a Canadian-American railroad 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 Pacific Northwest.
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2. Apr. 2014 · James J. Hill was a railroad magnate responsible for greatly expanding railways into the U.S. Northwest during the late 19th century. Updated: Mar 30, 2021. Photo: Bettmann/Getty Images....
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 railroad...
13. März 2024 · 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 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.’. It was his relentless hard work and business prowess that led to further railroad development in Northwest America.
Born in southern Ontario on September 16, 1838, to Irish immigrant parents, young Hill suffered a bow and arrow injury at age nine and lost sight in his right eye for the rest of his life. Hill's father died when the boy was 14, so Jim Hill began clerking in local shops before setting off to seek his fortune.
James J. Hill. James Jerome Hill (1838-1916) is best known as the “Empire Builder” who masterminded construction of the Great Northern Railroad and created a corporation controlling major lines in the northern tier of the United States.
