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Most men who have really lived have had, in some share, their great adventure. This railway is mine.
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Birth: | 16th September, 1838 |
Death: | 29th May, 1916 |
Nationality: | American, Canadian |
Profession: | Chief Executive Officer |
James Jerome Hill was a Canadian-American railroad executive. He was the chief executive officer of a family of lines headed by the Great Northern Railway, which served a substantial area of the Upper Midwest, the northern Great Plains, and Pacific Northwest. Because of the size of this region and the economic dominance exerted by the Hill lines, Hill became known during his lifetime as The Empire Builder.
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