Henry Villard was a German-American journalist and financier who was an influential leader and the sixth president of the Northern Pacific Railway which completed its trans-continental route during hi
Henry Villard
Henry Villard (left) at about age 13, with mother (center), sister Emma (right) and uncle Robert (above)
Oregon and Transcontinental stock owned by Henry Villard
The Northern Pacific Railway was an important American transcontinental railroad that operated across the northern tier of the Western United States, from Minnesota to the Pacific Northwest between 18
Henry Villard
…Villard (April 10, 1835 – November 12, 1900) was a German-American journalist and financier who was an influential leader and the sixth president of the Northern Pacific Railway (1881–1884) which completed its trans-continental route during his tenure in 1883. Born and raised by Ferdinand Heinrich Gustav Hilgard in the historic…
The former Northern Pacific Office Building in Tacoma, Washington
Preferred Shares of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company, stock certificate issued 28 November 1881
Yellowstone National Park's N.P.R.R.-Yellowstone Park Line brochure, 1904