Black and white photograph of James J. Hill (left) with his son, Louis W. Hill, 1912.

James J. Hill with his son, Louis W. Hill

James J. Hill (left) with his son, Louis W. Hill, 1912.

Black and white photograph of James J. Hill, at spike driving celebration extending the Great Northern Railroad, Bend, Oregon, 1911.

James J. Hill driving ceremonial railroad spike

James J. Hill, at spike driving celebration extending the Great Northern Railroad, Bend, Oregon, 1911.

Black and white photograph of James J. Hill with two engineers on the William Crooks train engine, 1908. Photograph by T.W. Ingersoll.

James J. Hill on train engine

James J. Hill with two engineers on the William Crooks train engine, 1908. Photograph by T.W. Ingersoll.

Black and white photograph of the wedding of Charlotte Hill Slade, daughter of James J. Hill, at 240 Summit Avenue, St. Paul, 1901.

Hill family

Wedding of Charlotte Hill Slade, daughter of James J. Hill, at 240 Summit Avenue, St. Paul, 1901.

Black and white photograph of James J. Hill, 1885. Photograph by Hayes Robbins.

James J. Hill, 1885

James J. Hill, 1885. Photograph by Hayes Robbins.

Black and white photograph of James J. Hill warehouse on St. Paul's Mississippi River levee, c.1869.

James J. Hill warehouse on St. Paul's Mississippi River levee

James J. Hill warehouse on St. Paul's Mississippi River levee, c.1869.

Black and white photograph of James J. Hill, 1864.

James J. Hill, 1864

James J. Hill, 1864.

Black and white photoprint of James J. Hill, 1856.

James J. Hill, 1856

James J. Hill, 1856.

Black and white photograph of James J. Hill, 1902. Photograph by Pach Brothers.

James J. Hill

James J. Hill, 1902. Photograph by Pach Brothers.

Hill, James J. (1838–1916)

James J. Hill fit the nickname “empire builder.” He assembled a rail network—the Great Northern (1878), the Northern Pacific (1896), and the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy (1901)—that stretched from Duluth to Seattle across the north, and from Chicago south to St. Louis and then west to Denver. He was one of the most successful railroad magnates of his time.

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