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	E. H. Harriman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The son of Orlando Harriman, an Episcopal clergyman, and Cornelia (Neilson) Harriman.
		Harriman was nearly fifty years old when in 1897 he became a director of the Union Pacific Railroad.
		In 1899, Harriman financed and accompanied a scientific expedition to catalog the flora and fauna of the Alaska coastline from its lush southern panhandle to Prince William Sound.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Edward_Henry_Harriman (817 words)

	E. Roland Harriman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		He was the youngest of five surviving children of Mary Williamson Averell and Edward Henry Harriman, a financier and executive of the Union Pacific Railroad and the Southern Pacific Railroad.
		Edward H. Harriman's estate was substantial, variously estimated between $70 million and $100 million upon his death in 1909.
		Harriman was educated at Groton School, from which he graduated in 1913, and Yale University (B.A., 1917), where he was a friend and a member of Skull and Bones with his classmate Prescott Bush.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/E._Roland_Harriman (472 words)

	Edward Henry Harriman - LoveToKnow 1911
		EDWARD HENRY HARRIMAN (1848-1909), American financier and railroad magnate, son of the Rev. Orlando Harriman, rector of St George's Episcopal church, Hempstead, L.I., was born at Hempstead on the 25th of February 1848.
		He became a broker's clerk in New York at an early age, and in 1870 was able to buy a seat on the New York Stock Exchange on his own account.
		Nevertheless, besides acquiring colossal wealth for himself, he undoubtedly created for the American public a vastly improved railway service, the benefit of which survived all controversy as to the means by which he triumphed over the obstacles in his way.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Edward_Henry_Harriman (384 words)

	PBS - Harriman: Boyhood of Harriman
		Henry found himself in a classroom offering lessons he was eager to learn, and he proved an apt pupil.
		Henry liked to be where the challenges were great, where victory went to the fleet of mind and staunch of heart.
		Henry launched his career not as a lone wolf eager to prowl the treacherous haunts of the streets with a keen nose, but as one of the boys hoping to make their way in life by helping each other whenever possible.
	www.pbs.org /harriman/1899/1899_part/harriman_boy.html (1860 words)

	W. Averell Harriman Papers (Library of Congress)
		The Alaska expedition journal of Edward Henry Harriman was given by W. Averell Harriman's daughters, Kathleen Lanier Harriman Mortimer and Mary Averell Harriman Fisk, in 1992.
		In the mid-1920s, Harriman invested in extracting manganese from mines in the Soviet Republic of Georgia, and during the early 1930s, he took charge of the Union Pacific Railroad and was credited with revivifying the line during the bleakest years of the Depression.
		Harriman's extensive social life as a businessman is manifest at every turn, from correspondence and other exchanges with eminences of European and American society to the entertainment files he kept with respect to dinners, travel excursions, sporting interests, and construction and management of Arden Estate, the family's New York country home.
	www.loc.gov /rr/mss/text/harriman.html (5172 words)

	Edward Henry Harriman by John Muir (1912) - John Muir Writings
		Harriman was not only a wonderful manager of men, but that he was fearless.
		Harriman when he came West, but a good many years passed before I felt that I was at all acquainted with him.
		Harriman did not enjoy complete rest, for he called his lieutenants about him, and through them and a telegraph wire kept in touch with all his work and world affairs in general.
	www.yosemite.ca.us /john_muir_writings/edward_henry_harriman.html (2897 words)

	BookRags: Edward Henry Harriman Biography
		Edward Henry Harriman (1848-1909), executive of the Union Pacific Railroad, was one of the dominant American figures in that industry in the late 19th century.
		Born on Feb. 20, 1848, in Hempstead, N.Y., E. Harriman was raised in a relatively affluent environment.
		Harriman's first venture in transportation was the modest purchase of a Hudson River boat running between New York City and Newburgh.
	www.bookrags.com /biography/edward-henry-harriman (582 words)

	Harriman - LoveToKnow 1911 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Harriman is served by the Harriman and North Eastern, the Tennessee Central, and the Southern railways.
		It is the seat of the East Tennessee Normal and Industrial Institute, for negroes, and of the American University of Harriman (Christian Church, coeducational; 1893), which comprises primary, preparatory, collegiate, Bible school, civic research, commercial, music and art departments, and in 19071908 had 12 instructors and 317 students.
		Near the city are large deposits of iron and an abundance of coal and timber.
	11.1911encyclopedia.org /H/HA/HARRIMAN.htm (162 words)

	E. H. Harriman - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
		Edward Henry Harriman (February 20 1848 – September 9 1909), better known as E.
		In 1885 Harriman learned that the 7863-acre Parrott family estate was for sale.
		It was from this estate that his widow would donate ten thousand acres to New York state to start Harriman State Park in 1910.
	www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/e/_/E._H._Harriman_d0cd.html (624 words)

	The Life and Legend of E. H. Harriman
		In addition to his commitment to modernization, Harriman developed an appreciation for the value of communities of interest-essentially interlocking boards of directors-in the railroad industry in order to prevent overbuilding, guarantee equitable access to the traffic of connecting railroads at gateway cities, and control the effects of "excess" competition.
		Harriman's commitment to communities of interest stemmed from his involvement in the Alton and was reinforced by a battle with the Great Northern's James J. Hill for control of the Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy, yet eventually ran headlong into the reformist impulses of the Progressive Era.
		Ultimately, Harriman succeeded not so much because he was an original thinker, but because he "implement[ed] the strategy [of high-volume traffic carried at low rates] on a grand scale from which other managers shrank because they lacked the backbone." (p.
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		Harriman trudged on, and it was so tough, they had to rope themselves together to keep up in, in the deep snow.
		Halfway through the voyage, Harriman had bagged his bear and attached his name to a glacier, a fiord, and a whole raft of specimens: a genus of wasp, a hydroid, a small conifer, two fossils and an enormous worm.
		Harriman had a gang take down some of the totems, and as they were twenty to forty feet high, and three or more in diameter, this was no light task.
	www.florentinefilms.org /thefilms/newdocs/harriman_final_transcript.doc (16649 words)

	PBS - Harriman: Edward H. Harriman
		Edward Henry Harriman was born in New Jersey in 1848.
		Once underway, Harriman let it be known he intended, himself, to collect at least one major specimen of a large Alaskan mammal: he was obsessed with hunting bear, specifically the grizzly bear, the largest carnivore in the world.
		After the trip, Harriman paid for Merriam and a team of researchers to analyze and publish the data gathered on the voyage.
	www.pbs.org /harriman/1899/1899_part/participantharriman.html (714 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Harriman,
		Harriman, Edward Henry HARRIMAN, EDWARD HENRY [Harriman, Edward Henry] 1848-1909, American railroad executive, b.
		Harriman, William Averell HARRIMAN, WILLIAM AVERELL [Harriman, William Averell], 1891-1986, American public official; son of E. Harriman.
		Expanding his railroad inheritance, W. Averell Harriman became a banker and shipbuilder and later (1932) board chairman of the Union Pacific.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Harriman, (678 words)

	Harriman, Edward Henry - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		HARRIMAN, EDWARD HENRY [Harriman, Edward Henry] 1848-1909, American railroad executive, b.
		Harriman used the financial strength of his roads to buy widely and speculatively in railroad stocks elsewhere.
		He conducted the Harriman Alaskan expedition of 1899, a scientific undertaking; sponsored boys' clubs; and pledged $1 million and 10,000 acres (4,047 hectares) of forest land to New York state for park purposes.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-harrimane.html (355 words)

	The Honorable W. Averell Harriman - Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		William Averell Harriman was born in New York City, one of six children of railroad baron Edward Henry Harriman [1848-1909] and his wife Mary Williamson Averell.
		The elder Harriman had worked his way from a $5 per week job as an office boy to the head of the Union Pacific Railroad, and left a fortune estimated at $70 to $100 million at his death.
		In 1926 Harriman ended his shipping career and returned to his heritage in railroad business, where six years later he was elected chairman of the board of Union Pacific.
	www.bonus.com /contour/national_gallery/http@@/www.nga.gov/cgi-bin/pbio?1191 (606 words)

	Arden History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		When Edward Henry Harriman had a Business Car constructed for his use in 1899, he named it Arden after his estate on the Hudson River in New York.
		Harriman also had the engineers examine ways to shorten the route, but still only 35 miles were deleted from the original line laid ot in 1864.
		Harriman died in 1909 to be followed by his son, Averell, who held the chairmanship until 1946; although in practice, Averell had Roland filling in for Him as early as 1940.
	members.tripod.com /~hobbymeister/ttz/arden.html (279 words)

	Friends of Palisades
		As a champion of the environment, Harriman decided to donate part of his estate to create a park that would be accessible to the public.
		Edward Henry Harriman was born on Feb. 20, 1848, the fourth of Orlando and Cornelia Harriman's six children.
		As Binnewies wrote, although Harriman was battling cancer at the time, he told his wife, Mary, and then-Gov. Charles Hughes that he wanted to donate land and money for a public park provided the prison were moved elsewhere.
	www.friendsofpalisades.org /content.php?mode=news&object_id=35 (779 words)

	Edward Henry Harriman - People - John Muir Exhibit
		But Harriman, when ordered by his doctor to take a vacation, organized the "Harriman Expedition" to Alaska in 1899, to be accompanied by many prominent scientists and writers of the time.
		To encourage Muir's book-writing, Harriman instructed his private secretary to follow Muir around and record in shorthand everything he said.
		After Harriman's death, Muir wrote a book-length eulogy to Harriman that is still in print today.
	www.sierraclub.org /john_Muir_exhibit/people/harriman.html (226 words)

	Harriman's Cross-State Railroad
		Harriman was born in Long Island, NY, on 20 February 1848.
		Harriman thought that the CP would complement the Union Pacific system well, and he offered to buy the CP from the SP.
		Harriman's grand plan for a railroad across Oregon died, although the State of Oregon attempted to force UP to complete the railroad without success for several years afterwards.
	www.trainweb.org /highdesertrails/hcsrr.html (1230 words)

	Further Reading - E. H. Harriman (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Infobox Biography subject-name: Edward Henry (E. H.) Harriman image-name: Edward-Henry-Harriman-1899.jpg image-caption Edward Henry Harriman in his office in 1899 date-of-birth February 20 1848 place-of-birth Long Island date-of-death September 9 1909 place-of-death Edward Henry Harriman (February 20 1848 — September 9 1909), better known as E. Harriman, was a wealthy railroad executive.
		This relationship aroused his interest in up-state transportation and two years later his career as a rebuilder of bankrupt railroads began with a small broken-down railroad called the Lake Ontario Southern which he renamed the Sodus Bay & Southern, reorganized, and sold with considerable profit to the Pennsylvania.
		The two railroads operations wouldnt be merged for nearly another century, but the vision of a unified UP/SP railroad was planted with Harriman.
	mywebpage.netscape.com /Aberdonia3436/e-h-harriman-further-reading.html (381 words)

	Mary Williamson Averell Harriman
		Mary Williamson Averell Harriman (1852-1932) received the Pugsley Gold Medal “for her services in the establishment of the Palisades Interstate Park.” Even before her birth, it appeared that fate intended for Mary Averell to meet and marry Edward Henry Harriman.
		E.H. and Mary’s marriage thrived and three children were born: Mary in 1881; Henry Neilson in 1883; and Cornelia in 1884.
		Lumbering and quarries encroached on the tranquility of the region; however, it was the acquisition of land to build a new prison at nearby Bear Mountain that proved to be the final straw.
	www.rpts.tamu.edu /pugsley/Harriman.htm (1117 words)

	UP-Historical Equipment Still in Use: Business Cars (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The car was designed for the use of E. Roland Harriman, Chairman of the Board of Union Pacific from 1946-1969.
		Harriman also had engineers examine ways to shorten the route, but still only 35 miles were deleted from the original line laid out in 1864.
		Harriman died in 1909 and was succeeded by his son Averell, who held the chairmanship until 1946; although in practice, Averell had Roland filling in for him as early as 1940.
	www.uprr.com /aboutup/history/histequp/business.shtml (2115 words)

	Alaska06Harriman Main (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Harriman, personally organized and funded what was to become the most significant scientific expedition ever undertaken in Alaskan waters.
		Prince William Sound, also visited by Harriman, is one of the most extravagantly beautiful and biologically productive places in the world, containing the northernmost reach of the coastal temperate rainforest that stretches to the redwoods of California.
		Harriman and his party saw this Russian influence on their stop here.
	www.travelearn.com /alaska06harriman_main.htm (2068 words)

	February 20 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/February_20 (1299 words)

	Houseposts Returned Home (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Two Tlingit grizzly bear houseposts collected during the 1899 Harriman Expedition recently made a voyage to their home in Alaska, where they were permanently reunited with their people.
		More than a century ago, when railroad magnate Edward Henry Harriman escorted a crew of 126 scientists, artists, and friends on a two-month survey of the Alaskan coast, the 1899 expedition was noted worldwide as one of the largest and most important in the history of exploration.
		Harriman himself gave to the Burke one of two grizzly bear houseposts.
	www.washington.edu /burkemuseum/news/houseposts.html (753 words)

	Record Unit 7243 - Harriman Alaska Expedition Collection, 1899
		The Harriman Alaska Expedition of 1899 was co-sponsored by Edward Henry Harriman, President of the Union Pacific Railroad, and the Washington Academy of Sciences.
		Originally conceived by Harriman as a big game hunt, it was transformed into a scientific exploring expedition on the advice of Clinton Hart Merriam, Chief of the Bureau of Biological Survey.
		Photographs of Edward Henry Harriman and his family are also found, including a picture of W. Averell Harriman at the age of seven.
	www.si.edu /archives/archives/findingaids/FARU7243.htm (357 words)

	Timeline of Treason: The Bush Family Connection to the Nazis
		Cold Springs facility is funded in excess of $11 million by the Harrimans and the Rockefellers.
		Averell Harriman, son of Edward Harriman is the chairman.
		Thatcher Brown, Prescott Bush and the two Harriman brothers were the senior partners in the new firm of Brown Brothers and Harriman.
	www.spiritone.com /~gdy52150/timeline.html (3700 words)

	TIME.com: New Harriman Deal -- Jan. 22, 1934 -- Page 1
		Because of the large Harriman holdings in railroads and aviation, jurisdiction over transportation codes was hastily taken from Division II, transferred to Division V under supervision of Sol Rosenblatt.
		Mary Harriman Rumsey, passionate New Dealer, who at the instance of her good friend Madam Secretary Perkins, enjoys the chairmanship of NRA's consumers' advisory board, and has become a favorite with the General.
		Sister Mary founded the Junior League at the turn of the Century and later sought an outlet for her restlessness in such unrelated fields as running a smalltown newspaper for a while, horse-and cattle-breeding on her Virginia estate and sponsoring the co-operative movement among U. farmers.
	www.time.com /time/archive/preview/0,10987,746856,00.html (527 words)

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