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Jay Cooke (August 10, 1821 ... Cooke married Dorothea Elizabeth Allen in 1844; she died in 1871. He died in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, in 1905 at the age of 83.
In the spring of 1871, Hayden selected the members of the survey team, 32 in all, from among friends and colleagues, seven previous survey participants, and a few political patrons. Included in the party was William Henry Jackson, his photographer from his 1870 survey and Thomas Moran, a guest artist arranged by Jay Cooke. [5]
Included in the party was William Henry Jackson, his photographer from his 1870 survey and Thomas Moran, a guest artist arranged by Jay Cooke. [5] The 1871 survey was not Hayden's first, but it was the first federally funded, geological survey to explore and further document features in the region soon to become Yellowstone National Park and ...
The backing and promotions of famed New York City / Wall Street financier Jay Cooke, in the summer of 1870 brought the first real momentum to the railway company. Over the course of 1871, the Northern Pacific pushed westward from Minnesota into the Dakota Territory (present-day state of North Dakota). Surveyors and construction crews had to ...
Cooke was interested in the potential of the Yellowstone region to attract railroad business. After the expedition, Cooke financed Langford's early 1871 speeches in Virginia City, Helena, New York, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C. about the 1870 expedition on behalf of the Northern Pacific Railroad. [2] [3] [4]
The Journal of Jay Cooke Or The Gibraltar Records, 1865-1905. Ohio State University Press. ISBN 125815904X. – Contains copies of some key documents and reflections on the sermons of various ministers at St Paul's. Dodge, Robert (1975). Isolated splendor : Put-in-Bay and South Bass Island. New York: Exposition Press. Chapter 2.
Beyoncé and Jay-Z (April 4, 2008) Screenshot via Beyonce’s “Die With You” YouTube video The power couple tied the knot in an ultra-private New York City ceremony with only 40 guests in ...
Jay Cooke State Park is a state park of Minnesota, United States, protecting the lower reaches of the Saint Louis River. The park is located about 10 miles (16 km) southwest of Duluth and is one of the ten most visited state parks in Minnesota. The western half of the park contains part of a rocky, 13-mile (21 km) gorge.