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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
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Excerpt from William B. Ogden; And Early Days in Chicago: A Paper Read Before the Chicago Historical Society, Tuesday, December 20, 1881; (On the Presentation by Mrs. Ogden of a Portrait of Her Late Husband, Painted by Geo; P. A. Healy) They'll make the snow fly, and they'll dash through the mud; And for hounds, their merits with thousands they'll back, Not Deveraux, Storrs, nor Livingston can show such a pack. Forty Stags are laid low, at forty rods how they fall' Forty bucks are made venison, by the keen hunter's ball. Forty saddles now smoke, on the plentiful board. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbo...
John Ogden emigrated from England to the New World in 1641.
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William Butler Ogden was a pioneer railroad magnate, one of the earliest founders and developers of the city of Chicago, and an important influence on U.S. westward expansion. His career as a businessman stretched from the streets of Chicago to the wilds of the Wisconsin lumber forests, from the iron mines of Pennsylvania to the financial capitals in New York and beyond. Jack Harpster’s The Railroad Tycoon Who Built Chicago: A Biography of William B. Ogden is the first chronicle of one of the most notable figures in nineteenth-century America. Harpster traces the life of Ogden from his early experiences as a boy and young businessman in upstate New York to his migration to Chicago, where h...