Henry Villard was an American journalist and financier who was an early president of the Northern Pacific Railway.
Henry Villard
Henry Villard (left) at about age 13, with mother (center), sister Emma (right) and uncle Robert (above)
Henry Villard in 1866
Oregon and Transcontinental stock owned by Henry Villard
The Northern Pacific Railway was a transcontinental railroad that operated across the northern tier of the western United States, from Minnesota to the Pacific Northwest. It was approved by Congress in 1864 and given nearly 40 million acres of land grants, which it used to raise money in Europe for construction.
The former Northern Pacific Office Building in Tacoma, Washington
Preferred Shares of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company, issued 28. November 1881
The Minnetonka.
Yellowstone Park Line Brochure 1904