The Eerie Railroad War
When we think of the innovations that contributed to the rise of the industrial age, the steam locomotive is arguably the most impactful of them all. Without the railroad system, the westward expansion of the US and the exponential economic growth of the late 19th and 20th centuries could not have occurred. In this edition of our MoneyTalk Moment in Financial History, Nathan tells the infamous story of one of the first major US railroads, the Eerie, and the war that ensued between Cornelius Vanderbilt, Daniel Drew, James Fisk and Jay Gould. Host: Nathan Beauvais, CFP®, CIMA®; Air Date…
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