https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/b55rjt9s0o5r Made with wonder en-us 2017-10-06 17:38:50 UTC 2024-03-20 05:48:56 UTC hello@padlet.com 813616 https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/b55rjt9s0o5r/wish/194801799 He was born in Watervliet, New York. After becoming successful in the retail business in mining supplies, he started work to work in politics. Between 1861 and 1863 he was the governor of California. Then he became president and invested in the construction of the Central Pacific Railroads. Later he served in the senate and founded Stanford University.(https://www.biography.com/people/leland-stanford-9491951)]]> 2017-10-06 17:54:55 UTC https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/b55rjt9s0o5r/wish/194801799 813616 https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/b55rjt9s0o5r/wish/194807823 He was a very important part of the expansion of railways, being a railroad magnate, in the U.S. Northwest around the late 19th century. Born on September 16, 1838, James came from a poor background. Later he founded his own company in 1866. Then he was at the helm the Great Northern Railroad Company. Also the company was the responsible for huge railroad expansion in the north. Even though Hill acquired other companies, he faced legal action because of violating antitrust laws. (https://www.biography.com/people/james-j-hill-38025)]]> 2017-10-06 18:08:00 UTC https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/b55rjt9s0o5r/wish/194807823 813616 https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/b55rjt9s0o5r/wish/194807845 2017-10-06 18:08:02 UTC https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/b55rjt9s0o5r/wish/194807845 813616 https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/b55rjt9s0o5r/wish/194807958 He was a self-made steel tycoon and one of the wealthiest peoplein the 19th century. Born in November 25, 1835, in Dunfermline, Scotland. later moving tho the united states and by 1889 owned Carnegie Steel Corporation. In 1901 after selling his business, devoted his time to expanding his philanthropic work which including the establishment of Carnegie-Mellon University in 1904. (https://www.biography.com/people/andrew-carnegie-9238756)

]]> 2017-10-06 18:08:14 UTC https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/b55rjt9s0o5r/wish/194807958 813616 https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/b55rjt9s0o5r/wish/194808394 A financier and philanthropist who was a secretary of the Treasury to three U.S. Presidents. The three Presidents were President Harding, Coolidge, and Hoover. When Mellon was young he took over his father's bank and build a financial-industrial empire. By the early 1920s he founded Alcoa, Gulf Oil, and Union Steel becoming very rich in the process. Later some of his fortune and art collection are put in the in the National Gallery of Art as the basis. (https://www.biography.com/people/andrew-mellon-9405176)]]> 2017-10-06 18:09:03 UTC https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/b55rjt9s0o5r/wish/194808394 813616 https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/b55rjt9s0o5r/wish/194878111 Became a millionaire by working with John D. Rockefeller. He collaborated with john to develop Standard Oil. He lead the New Jersey operation until 1911. He developed land in Florida into railroads and resorts in the last few years of his life. Later, Flagler died a self-made millionaire on May 20, 1913. (https://www.biography.com/people/henry-m-flagler-36937)]]> 2017-10-07 04:57:05 UTC https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/b55rjt9s0o5r/wish/194878111