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#96 James J. Hill (Empire Builder of the Northwest)

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How Did James Hill Get Into the Railroad Industry?

The railroad industry starts getting a lot of its competition. James Hill studied the road constantly, reading every scrap of information he could to find out about it and boring anyone who would listen with endless detail as to what it could one day become. Thus would his move into river transportation lead naturally to an incredibly promising career in railroading.

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