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James J Hill: Empire Builder without Peer
The American railroad system played a critical role in the growth and development of the United States, especially the opening of the western frontier. The western railroads, which continue to serve society today, were often built with massive land grants and...![George Westinghouse: Servant Leader, Inventor, Captain of Industry](https://www.archbridgeinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/george_westinghouse-01-1080x628.jpg)
George Westinghouse: Servant Leader, Inventor, Captain of Industry
His father owned a machine shop, but young George Westinghouse had no interest in doing what he was told. Obsessed with his own inventions and ideas, George earned his first patent at the age of nineteen. When he died forty-eight years later, he held over four hundred...![Adolph Ochs—the Unsung Entrepreneur Who Transformed Journalism](https://www.archbridgeinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/ochs-e1643253538623.jpg)
Adolph Ochs—the Unsung Entrepreneur Who Transformed Journalism
Along with five younger siblings, Adolph Ochs was raised in poverty in Knoxville, Tennessee, by his scholarly but financially unsuccessful father and inspirational mother. In 1869, at the age of eleven, he developed an interest in the newspaper business, delivering...![Kirk Kerkorian: The Risk Taker Who Rose from Poverty to Change Las Vegas and Armenia](https://www.archbridgeinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/kirk-e1643253585452.jpg)