https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/bhusmn4cjij1 By Luis Martinez en-us 2017-10-05 15:55:03 UTC 2026-01-27 03:55:31 UTC hello@padlet.com 511365 https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/bhusmn4cjij1/wish/194368920 John D. Rockefeller was born July 8, 1839, in Richford, New York. Rockefeller was the head of the Standard Oil Company and one of the world's richest men. One of his first oil refineries near Cleveland and in 1870 made the Standard Oil Company. He nearly had full control of the oil business in the U.S. but the antitrust laws were passed. Just nine years after the company broke itself into pieces and later reassembled, but were forced to separate again. Link]]> 2017-10-05 16:01:26 UTC https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/bhusmn4cjij1/wish/194368920 511365 https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/bhusmn4cjij1/wish/194374473 Cornelius Vanderbilt was born on May 27, 1794, in the Port Richmond area of Staten Island, New York. Vanderbilt was a famous industrialist who worked in railroads and shipping. He began in the passenger ferry business in New York with one boat. He eventually started his own steamship company and controlled the Hudson River traffic. Vanderbilt also provided the first rail service between New York and Chicago. Link]]> 2017-10-05 16:11:24 UTC https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/bhusmn4cjij1/wish/194374473 511365 https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/bhusmn4cjij1/wish/194376067 Jay Gould was born on May 27, 1836, in Roxbury, New York. Gould was a railroad builder and financier. In 1868, he became a stockbroker on Wall Street and managed stocks. He used illegal ways to issue 100 thousand shares of new stock for the Erie Railroads. Gould was forced out of the Union Pacific Railroads, but eventually got control again in 1885. Link ]]> 2017-10-05 16:14:24 UTC https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/bhusmn4cjij1/wish/194376067 511365 https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/bhusmn4cjij1/wish/194376455 Leland Stanford was born March 9, 1824, in Watervliet, New York. Stanford an entrepreneur and a builder of the first transcontinental railroad. He built his business in mining supplies and was active in politics. Stanford served as a governor for California from 1861 to 1863. He invested in the building of the Central Pacific Railroad and also founded Stanford University. Link]]> 2017-10-05 16:15:11 UTC https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/bhusmn4cjij1/wish/194376455 511365 https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/bhusmn4cjij1/wish/194377916 J.P. Morgan was born on April 17, 1837, in Hartford, Connecticut. One of the most powerful men of his time, Morgan was a financier of railroads and other corporations. Morgan partnered up with a Philadelphia banker named Anthony Drexel to form their firm, J. P. Morgan & Company. He first married Amelia Sturges but died four months after their wedding of tuberculosis. Morgan later married Frances Louisa Tracy and eventually had four children together. Link]]> 2017-10-05 16:18:05 UTC https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/bhusmn4cjij1/wish/194377916