https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/lisn3gu1uxfh Made with an aura of mystery en-us 2018-10-17 18:07:40 UTC 2024-03-20 05:48:47 UTC hello@padlet.com 383617 https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/lisn3gu1uxfh/wish/294025167 John Jacobs Astor IV was an American businessman, real estate builder, investor, writer, lieutenant colonel in the Spanish-American war, and a prominent member of the Astor family. Astor died in the sinking of the RMS titanic during the early hours of April 15, 1912. Astor was born in Rhinebeck, Rhinebeck NY in July 13, 1864 died at the Atlantic ocean.his children are Vincent Astor, John Jacob Astor VI, Ava Alice Muriel Astor.

source: Google]]> 2018-10-17 18:09:44 UTC https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/lisn3gu1uxfh/wish/294025167 383617 https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/lisn3gu1uxfh/wish/294030797 John D. Rockefeller (1839-1937), founder of the Standard Oil Company, became one of the world's wealthiest men and a major philanthropist. Born into modest circumstances in upstate New York, he entered the then-fledgling oil business in 1863 by investing in a Cleveland, Ohio, refinery. Born in Richford, NY and died in the casements.

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]]> 2018-10-17 18:24:47 UTC https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/lisn3gu1uxfh/wish/294034644 383617 https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/lisn3gu1uxfh/wish/294036040 Charles Tyson Yerkes, (born June 25, 1837, Philadelphia, Pa., U.S.—died Dec. 29, 1905, New York, N.Y.), American financier who put together the syndicate of companies that built Chicago's mass-transit system. ... In 1882 he moved to Chicago and bought the option on a street-railway line.

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