Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,881
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- Elbert Gary was one of the richest and most powerful men of the Gilded Age
- He was a judge, mayor and president of the Chicago Bar Association
- In 1898, he became the president of U
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- Steel, the first company worth more than a billion dollars
- He closed out of date factories and invested in new, modern factories
This is the grave of Elbert Gary. Born in 1846 in Wheaton, Illinois, Gary went to Wheaton College and then Union College of Law, finishing there in 1868. That soon became Northwesterns law school, [+6511 chars]
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