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Edward Roland Noel Harriman (1895–1978), who married Gladys Fries (1896–1983) in 1917. [19] Harriman died on September 9, 1909, at his home, Arden, at 1:30 p.m. at age 61. [2] [3] Naturalist John Muir, who had joined him on the 1899 Alaska expedition, wrote in his eulogy of Harriman, "In almost every way, he was a man to admire."
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.
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Description: Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus, chromolithograph after painting (watercolor): Date: 1904: Source: Harriman Alaska series (volume 1 or 2): Author: Louis Agassiz Fuertes (1874-1927) artist, authors of the written work variously listed as Harriman Alaska Expedition (1899), Edward Henry Harriman, Clinton Hart Merriam
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]
Annie Ingland Harriman (1846-1920) Edward Henry Harriman (1848–1909) m. 1879 Mary Williamson Averell (1851–1931) Mary Harriman (1881–1934) m. 1910 Charles Cary Rumsey (1879–1922) Henry Neilson Harriman (born 1883) Cornelia Averell Harriman (1884–1966) m. 1908 Robert Livingston Gerry, Sr. (1877–1957) Carol Harriman (born 1889)
On April 12, 1917, she married the banker Edward Roland Harriman (1895–1978), the younger brother of New York Governor W. Averell Harriman (1891–1986). [1] The Harriman brothers were the sons of railroad baron Edward Henry Harriman and his wife, Mary Williamson Averell. [4] Together, Gladys and Harriman had two daughters: