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Edward Henry Harriman (February 20, 1848 – September 9, 1909) was an American financier and railroad executive. [2] [3] [4] Early life.
Arden is a historic estate outside Harriman, New York, that was owned by railroad magnate Edward Henry Harriman and his wife, Mary Averell Harriman.By the early 1900s, the family owned 40,000 acres (63 sq mi; 160 km 2) in the area, half of it comprising the Arden Estate.
The Harriman Alaska expedition explored the coast of Alaska for two months from Seattle to Alaska and Siberia and back again in 1899. It was organized by wealthy railroad magnate Edward Harriman. Harriman brought with him an elite community of scientists, artists, photographers, and naturalists to explore and document the Alaskan coast.
A year after the great naming controversy and the station permanently being established as Harriman, construction began on a new station to replace the "disgraceful shack" that residents called Harriman. [3] That year a new station, built with the $6,000 from Edward Henry Harriman's widow, was constructed of brick with a stucco outlier.
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Hill's strategy was for his railroad and Morgan's Northern Pacific Railway to jointly buy the CB&Q. [1] However, Edward Henry Harriman, president of the Union Pacific Railroad and the Southern Pacific Railroad, also wanted to buy the CB&Q. [1] Harriman demanded a one-third interest in the CB&Q, but Hill refused him. [1]
In the video Harriman posted earlier in the day on March 13, he accused the Daily Mail of misreporting an interview done with Michael Berkeley on the BBC’s “Private Passions” podcast in 2022.
Harriman was born on December 24, 1895, in New York City. [1] He was the youngest of five surviving children of Mary Williamson Averell and Edward Henry Harriman. [1] [2] Among his siblings was W. Averell Harriman, the financier and government official, four years his senior. [1]