He was a highly successful railroad builder, and became well-connected to other late 19th century millionaires.

Mexicans, who were one of the earliest immigrant groups to Houston, worked as railroad builders and stayed in the area.

Jackson worked as a financer, a railroad builder, and as a developer of industrial affairs for Georgia.

There was keen rivalry between the 1870s railroad builders.

Traditionally, the story celebrates the railroad builders who united the country.

In fact, there are three Chinatowns, reflecting different periods of immigration, starting with last century's railroad builders.

The town was later renamed after Henry Flagler, railroad builder and oil man, at the request of his daughter who liked the area.

"Are those miserable vermin your railroad builders?"

His paternal grandfather was a railroad builder and Norwegian immigrant which explains the last name and his blue eyes.

After several years of operating under receiverships, Mahone's role as a railroad builder ended in 1881 when northern financial interests took control.