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

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The Hardest Work of Jim Hill

The decision to build all the way to Pacific is going to lead to the hardest work of his life. Jim Hill worked night and day, ulcerating about expenditures and the agonizing slow pace of construction. Workers in these remote mountain wilderness proved hard to get and to keep. They often had to labor on steep slope with hand tools,. terrain where even horses proved difficult to use and feed.

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