Joe Alexander wrote:
> Who was the highly regarded 1800s railroad transportation developer
from
> Minnesota who expanded rail lines into the Pacific Northwest?
>
> He was highly regarded, in part, because he was not one of the money
> grubbing Robber Barons of that and later times. He had social
conscience and
> was highly philanthropic.
>
> Hint: One of the FOT shares his name. Perhaps it is a
relative...wouldn't be
> surprised.
I suppose that a guy who lives in a 36,000 sq.ft. house with 13
bathrooms can afford to be somewhat philanthropic, especially toward the
end of his life with the Grim Reaper bearing down on him - not even
Rochester's own Dr. Mayo himself could provide a cure for the ailment
that finally caused his death: a raging case of advanced hemorrhoids.
And no, I'm not related, but blessed/cursed nevertheless with a lifelong
affinity for old trains (a fine complement, by the way, to a mania for
old racing cars).
Jim Hill
Amici Triumphi
Madison WI
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