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

Founders

CHAPTER

The Adventure of a Young Man

"A rich imagination and a driving ambition were fundamental parts of his nature," he writes. "He left Ontario with $600 in cash, his life savings, but seeming little else." He found an appointment on the levees along the Mississippi River to work as a shipping clerk. Jim carried the copy around, reading it and rereading it until it fell to pieces.

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