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	William Cornelius Van Horne Summary
		Van Horne was appointed general manager of the Canadian project to build a transcontinental railroad from Montreal to the Pacific in 1881.
		Van Horne began working on railroads in 1857, serving in various capacities on the Michigan Central Railway until 1864, then for the Chicago and Alton Railway for whom he served as the general superintendent from 1878 to 1879.
		Van Horne served as a governor of McGill University from 1895 to 1915 and was one of the first in Canada to acquire artworks by members of the French impressionist movement.
	www.bookrags.com /William_Cornelius_Van_Horne (889 words)

	:: 2005 Alberta Centennial - Banff Heritage Tourism Corporation ::
		When his father died of cholera, Van Horne, then 11, was too young to be much help to his mother, who had to earn a living by sewing in order to support Van Horne and his four younger siblings.
		Van Horne's skills had not gone unnoticed by his superiors, and a year after his marriage he not only had a baby girl to bounce on his knee, but had also become the youngest railway head in the world, at age 29.
		Van Horne continued to work with the Canadian Pacific after the railway was completed, first as president, than as chairman of the board, all the while pursuing his own personal interests, which were wide and varied.
	www.banffheritagetourism.com /2005/banffs_history_2.htm (864 words)

	Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
		Van Horne was involved in projects in Birmingham, England, and in a number of South and Latin American countries, but Canadian interest in electrifying the mule-drawn tramways of Havana, Cuba, became particularly important for him after his resignation in 1899.
		Van Horne, who traced his involvement to an encounter with Cuba’s minister in Washington and who knew several key American politicians, was a member of the Canadian consortium, but an American group with stronger links to Washington and the new military government prevailed.
		Van Horne believed that industries which had grown up behind the protective National Policy were threatened by reciprocity, and he campaigned aggressively “to bust the damn thing.” He was not, however, a doctrinaire protectionist.
	www.biographi.ca /EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=41876 (4891 words)

	Descendants of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven - Person Page 2761
		William Cornelius Cogengorew Van Horne was the son of Richard Benedict Van Horne and Edith Molson.
		William Van Horne was the son of Sir William Cornelius Van Horne and Luscy Adealine Hurd.
		William Van Horne was the son of Abraham Van Horne and Elizabeth Smith.
	www.conovergenealogy.com /conover-p/p2761.htm (3101 words)

	Henry Van Dyke - LoveToKnow 1911
		He studied at the Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute, and after graduating from Princeton in 1873 and from the Princeton Theological School in 1877, he spent two years at the university of Berlin.
		Gerard, the American ambassador in Berlin, the note to Belgium, offering full reparation for damages, in case free passage to France were granted German troops, Van Dyke flatly refused to act as intermediary.
		From the first he championed the cause of the Allies in the World War, and after America's entrance into the war he served as a naval chaplain.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Henry_Van_Dyke (274 words)

	William Van Horne - 1999 North America Railway Hall of Fame Inductee (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		William Van Horne was born on February 3, 1843 in Illinois.
		Van Horne worked himself harder than his crews, arranging steamship service to distribute materials and supplies, seeing to the opening of stone quarries and three dynamite factories, which supported the building of the transcontinental.
		Sir William Cornelius Van Horne died on September 11, 1915 in Montreal and was buried in his hometown of Joliet, Illinois.
	www.narhf.org /nar99/NAR99awards_WVH.html (431 words)

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		William Cornelius Van Horne was the man who made the completion of the Canadian Pacific Railway happen years years ahead of schedule.
		Being a former superintendent for the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railways, Horne was brought to Winnepeg, Manitoba on January 1, 1882 to be the general manager of the CPR.
		Horne had 5000 of his men complete 800km of track across the praries prior to winter.
	www.geocities.com /canadian_pacific_railway/11Horne.htm (307 words)

	Amazon.ca: The Seven Steps to Passionate Love: Books: Ron Dunn,William Cornelius Van Horne (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		William Van Horn is a practicing M.D. whose specialties include chemical illness of the brain, family system dynamics, developmental trauma, emotional healing, and relationships.
		Van Horn has over nine years experience as a radio show host and has delivered presentations on many topics, including, "The Misunderstood Organ: The Brain," "Loving Communication," "The Prozac Lie" and "The Greatest Gift: Intimacy and Love." He has also conducted workshops on these and other topics with over 600 participants.
		Van Horn is the father of 6, including a newborn son, and currently lives in Atlanta, GA with his wife, Tamara.
	www.amazon.ca /Seven-Steps-Passionate-Love/dp/0967735807 (662 words)

	Calgary Board of Education - Schools and Areas
		Sir William Van Horne High School is located in the northwest community of University Heights and obtains its students primarily from nineteen Junior High schools on the north side of the Bow River.
		Our school was named after Sir William Cornelius Van Horne, one of the driving forces behind the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR), which was a major factor in the development of Canada as a united country.
		Van Horne was born in the United States in 1843.
	www.cbe.ab.ca /schools/view.asp?id=152 (642 words)

	CRHA - PA022 - William Cornelius Van Horne (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		William Cornelius Van Horne was born 03 February 1843 at Chelsea, Illinois.
		The fonds deals with the career of William Cornelius Van Horne, as President of the Canadian Pacific Railway between 1888 and 1899, and as a businessman until his death in 1915.
		The fonds also show Van Horne's various occupations after his retirement from the Canadian Pacific Railway, including his role in the construction of the Cuba railway and his involvement with the American Locomotive Company.
	www.exporail.org /guide_archives/A011/en/pa022.htm (409 words)

	Van Horne - 52346, Benton County, Iowa
		Van Horne was described as the "New Village" in 1883 and was to be an active business center in the future.
		Van Horne has remained a prosperous community and the trademark spirit residents are known for is soaring higher than ever before.
		There are many reasons to visit Van Honre, Iowa: a strong sense of community, an excellent educational system, diverse business economy, low crime and citizens committed to maintaining a small-town life style.
	www.bentoncountyiowa.com /towns/van_horne.html (238 words)

	Quotations V - Canadawiki
		William Cornelius Van Horne - "All the manliness of the civilized world is due to wars or to the need of being prepared for wars.
		William Cornelius Van Horne - "The hopper is too big for the spout." - on the shortage of railway cars to ship prairie wheat; appears in Review historical studies relating to Canada, as: 'Canada has been adding sides to her hopper for a long time, but has neglected to enlarge the spout', circa, 1902
		William Cornelius Van Horne - "The truth is, I am addicted both to the Muses, and New-found Land." - The epistle dedicatory, The Newlanders cure, 1630
	canadawiki.org /index.php/Quotations_V (1479 words)

	Sir William Cornelius Van Horne - Knights of the Steel Rails - The Kids' Site of Canadian Trains
		Van Horne was said to be an amateur geologist, first-rate gardener, caricaturist, conjuror, mind reader, violinist, practical joker, gourmet, and marathon poker player.
		He worked his way up from ticket agent and train dispatcher, to general superintendent of the railway by the time he was 28.
		When Van Horne began to build the Canadian Pacific Railway, he boasted that 800 km of track would be laid in the first season.
	www.collectionscanada.ca /2/32/h32-3050-e.html (131 words)

	William Cornelius Van Horne - History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		At the age of 14 William Van Horne began his railroading career for the Michigan Central Railway.
		William Van Horne oversaw the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railroad.
		The image to the right is of William Van Horne's private railcar, as they pause for a picture while inspecting construction progress.
	web.uvic.ca /~rpw/a1/index.html (121 words)

	Story
		Judge Van Norman presided at the groundbreaking ceremony near Fort William (Thunder Bay), June 1, 1875, signaling the beginning of construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway.
		This was such a huge salary that two-thirds were hidden as "construction costs." Van Horne boasted he would build 800 km (500 miles) of main line railway in his first year: 1882.
		Van Horne had to entice him with a gold watch before he would cash the cheque and balance CPR's ledgers.
	www.cprheritage.com /history/historytxt.htm (2459 words)

	Links - Van Horne
		CONTACT US Sir William Cornelius Van Horne was the great builder of the Canadian Pacific Railway.
		He was in large part responsible for bypassing the Crowsnest Pass route as the mainline for the Canadian Pacific Railway in the 1880's but used his influence as president of the CPR in the 1890's to bring the railway through.
		Van Horne speaking to the value of the Crowsnest line stated: “I firmly believe that, by the necessary efforts on the part of the Government, a greater addition can be made to the wealth of the Dominion in the next ten years ….than has been made all told in the past 30 years.”
	www.sparwood.bc.ca /virtualmuseum/18_03vanhorne.html (156 words)

	Van Horne, Sir William Cornelius - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Van Horne, Sir William Cornelius - HighBeam Encyclopedia
		Van Horne, Sir William Cornelius 1843-1915, president (1888-99) and chairman of the board (1899-1915) of the Canadian Pacific Railway, b.
		Find newspaper and magazine articles plus images and maps related to "Van Horne, Sir William Cornelius" at HighBeam.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-vanh1orne.html (215 words)

	historical clothing : Haight Children
		Sir William was a great art collector and amateur architect who was influential in the building of the great Chateau Frontenac Hotel in Quebec City.
		The Drumonds and the Van Hornes were part of the elite of Canadian society.
		Sir William to delight his grandson, the wealthy grandfather painted a charming freize of romping Dutch children attired in traditional costumes on the wall of his summer mansion in Minister's Island, called Covenhoven.
	histclo.com /bio/op/h/bop-horwc.html (566 words)

	William Cornelius Van Horne (1843-1915)
		Van Horne entered railroading as a telegraph operator for the Illinois Central Railway, in 1857.
		He served as President of the line from 1888 to 1899.
		He is commemorated by Van Horne Street in Winnipeg.
	www.mhs.mb.ca /docs/people/vanhorne_wc.shtml (65 words)

	Amazon.com: "Cornelius Van Horne": Key Phrase page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		In 1730 the threat was Cornelius Van Horne's application to Governor Montgomerie for a grant of a waterlot out beyond low-water mark, the limit of the rights granted...
		Van Horne Range SIR WILLIAM CORNELIUS Van Horne, the forceful General Manager of the...
		William Cornelius Van Horne, Canadian Pacific Railway's domineering general manager, was not a man to miss an opportunity.
	www.amazon.com /phrase/Cornelius-Van-Horne (580 words)

	Photography
		When Van Horne took over the C.P.R. as General Manager in 1882, he was only 38, but had almost 25 years of railroad experience.
		James J. Hill, one of the original "Associates" awarded the contract to build the C.P.R., introduced Van Horne into the fold.
		When the contract was signed, Van Horne wasted no time in breezing into Winnipeg and taking control.
	www.wardcameron.com /Writing/Article_07-VanHorne.htm (530 words)

	Canadian Railway Hall of Fame -
		In September 1885 Van Horne became CPR Vice-President.
		Incredibly, while the CPR’s contract with the government dictated completion of the road within a decade, Van Horne — through sheer determination — found ways to finish it in five.
		Even more remarkably, once Van Horne had completed the CPR, he operated it and, despite the economic malaise for most of the 1880s and 1890s, made it into a paying proposition.
	railfame.ca /sec_ind/leaders/en_2002_VanHorneW.asp (268 words)

	CM Magazine: Trunks All Aboard: An Elephant ABC.
		Trunks All Aboard is a literary curiosity that came about because of the existence of a collection of drawings that Sir William Cornelius Van Horne, the builder of the Canadian Pacific Railway, sent to his very young grandson, William, in Montreal while Van Horne was on a trip to Europe in 1909.
		What makes the illustrations "special" is that they were all drawn and painted by Van Horne who incorporated anthropomorphic or realistically rendered elephants into each of them.
		Beginning with just 20 illustrations, Nichol set herself the task of creating a "story" text to go with them, something she achieved by using rhyming couplets with one or two lines of text appearing on each page although on three occasions the text expands to four lines.
	www.umanitoba.ca /outreach/cm/vol8/no7/trunks.html (499 words)

	WmCVanHorne.page
		William Van Horne 1871 - 1877 Richard Benedict Van Horne 1877 - ?
		William Cornelius Van Horne died on September 11, 1915
		He was taken by his private railway car 'The Saskatchewan' to Joliet, Illinois, where he was buried.
	www.geocities.com /emilyjewel2001/WmCVanHorne.html (101 words)

	Siegfried and the Rhine Maidens - Provenance (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		These paintings were sold on the instructions of Margaret Van Horne, the wife of Sir William Van Horne's grandson (also named Wiliam).
		She wrote to James Lane at the National Gallery of Art (letter of 11 December 1947, in NGA curatorial files) the following explanation of the disposition of the Van Horne collection: "When Sir William died in 1915, the Art Collection was left to his widow, his son and his daughter....
		When the painting was reproduced or lent after Sir William's death it was usually credited to the collection of his widow, Lady Van Horne.
	www.nga.gov /collection/gallery/gg68/gg68-32640.0-prov.html (371 words)

	Adriaen Van Nieulandt Posters at AllPosters.com
		Van De Velde, W. van de Velden, Ria
		Van Den Aveele, J. Van Den Berg, Jan
		Van Der Gouwen, G. Van Der Gucht, H. Van Der Hecke, J. Van Der Hove, M. Van Der Leck, Bart
	www.allposters.com /-st/Adriaen-Van-Nieulandt-Posters_c28898_s76954_.htm (66 words)

	Trunks All Aboard by Barbara Nichol; art by Sir William Cornelius Van Horne
		But these are no ordinary postcards, and Grandpa is no ordinary man. At the turn of the century, Sir William Cornelius Van Horne was one of the most influential businessmen in North America.
		Sir William Cornelius Van Horne was born in Illinois in 1843.
		When he officially retired from the CPR in 1899, Van Horne worked on the creation of railways in Central America and pursued his many hobbies: farming, geology, painting, and art collecting.
	www.tundrabooks.com /catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780887765360 (350 words)

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