https://padlet.com/817149/wu2h7o83o7mo en-us 2017-10-06 20:14:06 UTC 2017-10-07 04:58:36 UTC hello@padlet.com 817149 https://padlet.com/817149/wu2h7o83o7mo/wish/194850061 James J. Hill was born on September 16, 1838. His country of origin is Canada. The industry he became rich in was the rail road industry. Hill tried to fight in the Civil War but since he couldn't see out of one eye they didn't let him in. James Hill and J.P Morgan united and out bought some of the other railroad competitors.

Source: https://www.biography.com/people/james-j-hill-38025]]> 2017-10-06 20:25:34 UTC https://padlet.com/817149/wu2h7o83o7mo/wish/194850061 817149 https://padlet.com/817149/wu2h7o83o7mo/wish/194852675 Henry Morrison Flagler was born in January 2, 1830 in Hopewell, New York. He became rich because of the oil industry. Flager's parent separated so him and two of his sisters moved to Rock Hill, New York. In 1852 Flagler and Dan Harknessm opened a oil distillery. With this business they refined oil into kerosene. The company became the Standard Oil Company, since they had access of the railroads they sent other refineries out of businesses, and bought some of them out.  Chandler also donated money to the public. In the end he had a great oil company.

Source: http://www.encyclopedia.com/people/social-sciences-and-law/business-leaders/henry-morrison-flagler]]> 2017-10-06 20:42:27 UTC https://padlet.com/817149/wu2h7o83o7mo/wish/194852675 817149 https://padlet.com/817149/wu2h7o83o7mo/wish/194871693 Collis P Huntington was born in October 22, 1821 in Harwington, Connecticut. He became rich in the industry of the railroad.  In 1849 he moved to California, there he ran a retail firm with Mark Hopkins that sold miner supplies. He gained interest to link California with  the Eastern United States by rail, so he joined Hopkins, Leland Stanford, and Charles Crocker, together they made the Central Pacific Railroad. Huntington later then became president of that company and made many railroads through out California.

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https://www.britannica.com/biography/Collis-P-Huntington ]]> 2017-10-07 01:54:29 UTC https://padlet.com/817149/wu2h7o83o7mo/wish/194871693 817149 https://padlet.com/817149/wu2h7o83o7mo/wish/194876574 Andrew Carnegie was born in November 25, 1853. His country of origin is Scotland. When he first moved to America he worked mostly in the railroads. Later he became an assistant for Thomas Scott. While in the railroad business he made investments in the steel industry. Carnegie's business evolutionized  he started making factories around the U.S. Carnegie owned all the steps to process the steel so it was way cheaper for him. With all this he became a wealthy and powerful man in the steel business.

Source:https://www.biography.com/people/andrew-carnegie-9238756]]> 2017-10-07 04:02:37 UTC https://padlet.com/817149/wu2h7o83o7mo/wish/194876574 817149 https://padlet.com/817149/wu2h7o83o7mo/wish/194877398 J.P. Morgan was born into a famous British family in 1837. He found his wealth in the financing, steel, and railroad industries. In the 1850's he began to work in the finance industry.  In the 1880's he became a power player in the railroad industry. His wealth kept growing and growing with the creation of the U.S steel corporation. In the last parts of his life he became an art collector and a philanthropist.

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https://www.biography.com/people/jp-morgan-9414735]]> 2017-10-07 04:30:53 UTC https://padlet.com/817149/wu2h7o83o7mo/wish/194877398