Vanderbilts Padlet by Collin Jones https://padlet.com/22cjones8/r9xyjlfyxsj3oh72 w en-us 2022-02-10 13:07:54 UTC 2022-02-10 13:31:15 UTC hello@padlet.com 22cjones8 https://padlet.com/22cjones8/r9xyjlfyxsj3oh72/wish/2040185996 2022-02-10 13:16:40 UTC https://padlet.com/22cjones8/r9xyjlfyxsj3oh72/wish/2040185996 22cjones8 https://padlet.com/22cjones8/r9xyjlfyxsj3oh72/wish/2040186240 2022-02-10 13:16:49 UTC https://padlet.com/22cjones8/r9xyjlfyxsj3oh72/wish/2040186240 22cjones8 https://padlet.com/22cjones8/r9xyjlfyxsj3oh72/wish/2040186587 2022-02-10 13:17:00 UTC https://padlet.com/22cjones8/r9xyjlfyxsj3oh72/wish/2040186587 Cornelius Vanderbilt was illiterate. 22cjones8 https://padlet.com/22cjones8/r9xyjlfyxsj3oh72/wish/2040190236 2022-02-10 13:19:00 UTC https://padlet.com/22cjones8/r9xyjlfyxsj3oh72/wish/2040190236 The Vanderbilts built Grand Central Terminal twice. 22cjones8 https://padlet.com/22cjones8/r9xyjlfyxsj3oh72/wish/2040190638 2022-02-10 13:19:13 UTC https://padlet.com/22cjones8/r9xyjlfyxsj3oh72/wish/2040190638 The largest home in America was built by a Vanderbilt. 22cjones8 https://padlet.com/22cjones8/r9xyjlfyxsj3oh72/wish/2040193300 2022-02-10 13:20:42 UTC https://padlet.com/22cjones8/r9xyjlfyxsj3oh72/wish/2040193300 Cornelius Vanderbilt had about 100 million dollars of fortune throughout his life. In today's value, that would be around 2.5 billion dollars. 22cjones8 https://padlet.com/22cjones8/r9xyjlfyxsj3oh72/wish/2040194483 2022-02-10 13:21:21 UTC https://padlet.com/22cjones8/r9xyjlfyxsj3oh72/wish/2040194483 By the time Cornelius Vanderbilt's grandchildren began inheriting the family's money, the Vanderbilt's' economic dominance began to decline. 22cjones8 https://padlet.com/22cjones8/r9xyjlfyxsj3oh72/wish/2040195801 2022-02-10 13:22:07 UTC https://padlet.com/22cjones8/r9xyjlfyxsj3oh72/wish/2040195801 The Vanderbilt's success began with the shipping and railroad empires of Cornelius Vanderbilt, and the family expanded into various other areas of industry and philanthropy. 22cjones8 https://padlet.com/22cjones8/r9xyjlfyxsj3oh72/wish/2040197318 2022-02-10 13:22:54 UTC https://padlet.com/22cjones8/r9xyjlfyxsj3oh72/wish/2040197318 George Vanderbilt had tickets on the Titanic for himself and his wife, Edith. 22cjones8 https://padlet.com/22cjones8/r9xyjlfyxsj3oh72/wish/2040198254 2022-02-10 13:23:24 UTC https://padlet.com/22cjones8/r9xyjlfyxsj3oh72/wish/2040198254 There are five Vanderbilt mansions you can tour which are the Breakers in Newport, Rhode Island. Marble House in Newport, Rhode Island. Biltmore House in Asheville, North Carolina. 22cjones8 https://padlet.com/22cjones8/r9xyjlfyxsj3oh72/wish/2040200331 2022-02-10 13:24:12 UTC https://padlet.com/22cjones8/r9xyjlfyxsj3oh72/wish/2040200331 Cornelius Vanderbilt was born in Staten Island. 22cjones8 https://padlet.com/22cjones8/r9xyjlfyxsj3oh72/wish/2040205174 2022-02-10 13:26:31 UTC https://padlet.com/22cjones8/r9xyjlfyxsj3oh72/wish/2040205174 When the Civil War began in 1861, Vanderbilt attempted to donate his largest steamship, the Vanderbilt, to the Union Navy. 22cjones8 https://padlet.com/22cjones8/r9xyjlfyxsj3oh72/wish/2040207564 2022-02-10 13:27:38 UTC https://padlet.com/22cjones8/r9xyjlfyxsj3oh72/wish/2040207564 George Washington Vanderbilt, Cornelius's youngest and favorite son, and heir apparent, a graduate of the United States Military Academy, fell ill and died without ever seeing combat. 22cjones8 https://padlet.com/22cjones8/r9xyjlfyxsj3oh72/wish/2040209866 2022-02-10 13:28:42 UTC https://padlet.com/22cjones8/r9xyjlfyxsj3oh72/wish/2040209866 Cornelius bought control of the Hudson River Railroad in 1864, the New York Central Railroad in 1867, and the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway in 1869. He later bought the Canada Southern as well. 22cjones8 https://padlet.com/22cjones8/r9xyjlfyxsj3oh72/wish/2040212237 2022-02-10 13:29:56 UTC https://padlet.com/22cjones8/r9xyjlfyxsj3oh72/wish/2040212237