James Jerome Hill
By: by Clara Ingram Judson; illustrated by Keith Ward ...
Series: Real people series
Publisher: Row, Peterson and co.
Published: 1950
Place of publication: Evanston, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 36
Description: James Jerome Hill was born near Toronto, Canada, but came to the United States looking for work.  Mostly by chance he stopped at St. Paul, Minnesota, working in the river shipping trade, always looking for ways to make it more efficient.  He decided railroads would solve the problems of inland transportation and succeeded in building the Great Northern Railroad.