Arthur E Stilwell
American
Architect - AsNotedIn
| Notable Position | Organization | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Railway | 1889 | 1900 |
Architect - AsNotedIn
| Notable Position | Organization | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Railway | 1889 | 1900 |
| 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 |
As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.