page_title: Benjamin Franklin Yoakum
hierarchical_section_title: Benjamin Franklin Yoakum
caption_attribution_description: Photograph of railroad executive B. F. Yoakum circa 1900. Found at Hard Times blog, http://pcolamus.blogspot.com/2009/10/my-cousin-bessie-yoakum-belle-of-ny.html, 4 April 2011. Since the photo is more than a century old, I believe it to be in the public domain, and is fair use to illustrate article w:Benjamin Franklin Yoakum.
context_page_description: Benjamin Franklin Yoakum was a visionary railroad executive of the late 19th and early 20th centuries who attempted to join the Frisco and Rock Island Railroads into a great system stretching from Chicago to Mexico. In 1909, when Yoakum controlled 17,500 miles of railroad, Railway World magazine called him an "empire builder" who had done as much for the Southwest as legendary James J. Hill had done for the Northwest.
context_section_description: Benjamin Franklin Yoakum (August 20, 1859 – November 28, 1929) was a visionary railroad executive of the late 19th and early 20th centuries who attempted to join the Frisco and Rock Island Railroads into a great system stretching from Chicago to Mexico.  In 1909, when Yoakum controlled 17,500 miles of railroad, Railway World magazine called him an "empire builder" who had done as much for the Southwest as legendary James J. Hill had done for the Northwest.
caption: B. F. Yoakum, circa 1900
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