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W.A. McNeill, Railroad Capitalist and Entrepreneur, Oskaloosa, Iowa, circa 1906; Mahaska County
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Title
W.A
.
McNeill
,
Railroad
Capitalist
and
Entrepreneur
,
Oskaloosa
,
Iowa
,
circa
1906
;
Mahaska
County
Subject
Coal Mining
Capitalist
19th and 20th Century
Oskaloosa
Mahaska County
Iowa
Description
Wilbur
A.
McNeill
was a
successful
businessman
in the
coal
mining
industry
.
Born
in
1843
,
McNeill
gained
his
early
education
at
Sandstone
Seminary
until
1861
,
when
McNeill
enlisted
in the
Fourth
Illinois
Cavalry
to
fight
the
Confederacy
.
McNeill
was
severely
wounded
in a
hand
to
hand
pistol
duel
while
forces
were
skirmishing
in
Memphis
,
Tennessee
. In
1873
,
McNeill
partnered
with his
brother
,
Hobart
A.
McNeill
, to
form
the
Iowa
Central
Company
, a
coal
mining
business
that
eventually
merged
to
form
the
Consolidated
Coal
Company
. In
1881
,
McNeill
and his
brother
sold
the
stock
in the
business
for
half
a
million
dollars
cash
.
Afterwards
,
McNeill
founded
the
Oskaloosa
Livery
and
Transfer
Company
,
which
enjoyed
much
success
.
McNeill
then
went
on to
become
president
of the
W.A
.
Company
in
Seattle
,
Washington
and the
H.W
.
McNeill
Company
,
Limited
, in
Alberta
,
Canada
.
Creator
Manoah
Hedge
Publisher
The S.J. Clarke Publishing Company: Chicago, Illinois
Date Digital
2008-07-29
Date Original
1906
?
Type
image
Format
still image/jpeg
Identifier
Wilcox Library
Source
Mahaska County Collection
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