The Great Financial Panic of 1873 - Closing the door of the Stock Exchange on its members, Saturday, Sept. 20th. Library of Congress Since the end of the Civil War, railroad construction in the ...

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The year 1873 was such a time. The financial panic of that year was caused by over-speculation in railroad expansion and defaults on poorly secured bank loans. Banks failed and a cascade of ...

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It only operated for about seven years, closing due to insufficient transportation for the iron ore and the money panic of ...

He was forced into bankruptcy in the aftermath of the Panic of 1873, but eventually rebuilt his fortune by 1880 after investing in a Utah silver mine. James Duke acquired the license to use the ...

“Thanksgiving” by Hanford Lennox Gordon is a prime example: It was written during the Panic of 1857 ... Alexander Posey was born in Oklahoma in 1873, and in 1901, he founded the Eufaula ...

In September 1873, companies were unable to pay back their loans as planned, sparking a financial panic. Banks began calling ...

Congress enacted this archaic law in 1873 as part of a fit of puritanical panic against women’s rights. On its face, the law ...

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He later took control of the Union Pacific Railroad in 1873 and several other railroads. And he was also involved in the infamous Black Friday gold panic with James Fisk — detailed in the next ...