https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/7gnp411ools4 they make the money en-us 2017-11-01 19:29:20 UTC 2026-03-11 22:58:56 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Diskette.png 811323 https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/7gnp411ools4/wish/202688694 Drew was born July 29, 1797 in New York. Daniel's dad died when Daniel was 15. He enlisted himself into the war of 1812 but never saw any combat. When he returned he started a successful cattle-droving business. In 1834, Drew would invest in the steamboat business with Vanderbilt to compete against the Hudson River Steamboat association. In the future Drew became a board member for the Erie Railroad and would work with Vanderbilt again to save it from bankruptcy. Drew tried to manipulate the stocks but Vanderbilt saw this and made Drew lose half of a million dollars by buying his shares. Drew engaged in the Erie war and teamed with James Fisk and Jay Gould to make sure Vanderbilt did not gain control of the railroad. Drew was successful in his task but was betrayed by Fisk and Gould in 1870. In 1876, Drew filed for Bankruptcy and lived with his son until he died in 1879.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Drew]]> 2017-11-01 19:32:22 UTC https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/7gnp411ools4/wish/202688694 811323 https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/7gnp411ools4/wish/202688940 Charles was born June 25, 1837 in Philly. Charles was born into a family of Quakers. His mother died when he was five due to the puerperal fever. He would later go into banking and made a name for himself. Yerkes was caught in a debacle he made for himself when he was found Insolvent to Philadelphia. He was sentenced to 33 months in prison. Charles was able to get out in 7 months because information he planned to used to blackmail two politicians became public. This information tied back to the president, Ulysses, and he was willing to pardon him if he denied the accusations. He would go on to help make the underground railroads under London until he died in 1905 at the age of 65 to kidney disease.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Yerkes]]> 2017-11-01 19:32:53 UTC https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/7gnp411ools4/wish/202688940 811323 https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/7gnp411ools4/wish/202689110 Mark was born September 1, 1813 in New York. Mark was a Principal Investor for the Central Pacific railroad in 1861. When the California Gold Rush began Hopkins created the New England Mining and Trading Company. He was the eldest of the Four investors for the Central Pacific Railroad. He said he knew how to squeeze 106 cents out of a dollar. With this reputation he gained the position of Company Treasurer. Hopkins had health problems and died aboard a company train in 1878. His Family Mansion burned to the ground in 1906 to the San Francisco Earthquake. Twenty years later the Hopkins Hotel was built in its place.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Hopkins_Jr.]]> 2017-11-01 19:33:18 UTC https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/7gnp411ools4/wish/202689110 811323 https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/7gnp411ools4/wish/202689145 Charles Crocker was born September 16, 1822 in New York.  Charles was a railroad executive  that founded the Central pacific railroad, who made the westernmost parts of the transcontinental railroad. At the age of 23 he worked at an iron forge and saved his money to invest into the railroad business. Crocker was injured in a Carriage accident in New York City, he was seriously injured and died two years later in 1886 at the age of 64.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Crocker]]> 2017-11-01 19:33:24 UTC https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/7gnp411ools4/wish/202689145 811323 https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/7gnp411ools4/wish/202689463 Henry was born December 19, 1849 in Pennsylvania. He founded H.C.  Frick & Company and was chairman for Carnegie Steel Company. Frick met Carnegie during his Honeymoon and formed a partnership with his company. He supplied fuel for Carnegie's steel mills since his company was in the coke (fuel) industry. A man named Berkman Attempted to assassinate Frick in his office. He shot Frick two times in the ear and neck but the third shot was prevented by the vice chairman for Carnegie steel. Frick survived the attempt and would live  to 70 until he passed away December 2, 1919.
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