James J. Hill dies in his home at 240 Summit Avenue, St. Paul.
JJH resigns presidency of GN and becomes chairman of the board; son Louis W. Hill elected GN president. JJH resigns as GN chairman of the board; succeeded by LWH.
U.S. Supreme Court orders Northern Securities Co. be dissolved.
Elected president of newly incorporated Northern Securities Co.
Completes new house at 240 Summit Avenue, St. Paul.
Elected president of newly incorporated Great Northern Railway Co.
Elected president of St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba
St. Paul & Pacific reorganizes into the St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway Co. JJH Serves as general manager until 1881; then as vice president until 1882.
Completes new house at Ninth & Canada streets, Saint Paul.
Elected president of newly incorporated North Western Fuel Co.
Forms James J. Hill & Co., a transportation and warehouse agency.
Hill wrote back to his grandmother in Canada, “I took a notion to go and see St. Paul…I like this country very well and I think I shall like it still better the longer I live here.”
James Jerome Hill was born near Guelph, Ontario. This image is of his mother, Ann Dunbar.
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