Themes with Arthur E Stilwell

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Y/M/D Description Association Composition Place Locale Food Event
Y/M/D Description Association Composition Place Locale Food Event
1859/10/21 Arthur Edward Stilwell is born in Rochester, New York. Born
1865/00/00 Hamblin Stilwell, his grandfather, once brings Arthur to dinner with Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt. When the old rogue asked the six-year-old what he wanted to do when he grew up, the boy replied, "I'm going West to build a railroad." Life
1889/00/00 Arthur Stilwell organizes the Kansas City, Pittsburgh and Gulf Railroad. Work
1894/04/00 In Philadelphia, Stilwell has trouble drawing a $500,000 draft on the Bank of Amsterdam via Drexel and Co. They laugh. He has to prove to them that in the middle of a depression he has raised $3,000,000 to build a railroad through Arkansas and Louisiana. Work
1896/08/19 Arthur Stilwell, president of the Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Railway, rides the first steam locomotive into Mena, Arkansas. Work Mena Kansas City-Southern Depot Mena
1897/09/11 The last spike is driven on the Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Railway (Pee-Gee) line to Port Arthur. Work Port Arthur, TX Texas
1900/10/00 In the fall of 1900, a Wall Street ring headed by John W Gates forces the Pee-Gee into receivership and Stilwell out of a job over an unpaid $40 printing bill through a court order granted by a federal judge in a hearing held at the judge's home at 2 am. Work Port Arthur, TX Texas
1922/05/30 ACD writes a note from The Ambassador hotel, NYC (razed), to Arthur Stilwell: My dear Stilwell, We are clear tomorrow. I could imagine nothing more pleasant than to start about 3.30 or later and drive with you, if we could get back about 6 or later. Life
1928/09/26 After a brief illness, Arthur Stilwell dies at his luxurious apartment at 305 West End Ave, New york City. Died Upper West Side
1928/10/09 Despondent because of the recent death of her husband to whom she had been married for 48 years, Mrs Author E Stilwell commits suicide by jumping from the 12th story apartment at 305 West End Ave, NYC. Groom Upper West Side
1929/00/00 "The Light that Never Failed: A Tale of Australia, America and England" a spiritualist book by Arthur Edward Stilwell is published by Jarrolds. Author
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