Eagle's Nest was built for William K. Vanderbilt II between 1910 and 1936, and is now home to a museum, planetarium, hiking ...

Cornelius Vanderbilt first consolidated rail lines in the New York region before moving towards Chicago. By the late 1860s, the Vanderbilts accumulated the largest railway system in America and ...

CORNELIUS VANDERBILT'S CONDITION VERY GRAVE; Peritonitis Sets In -- Four Physicians in Consultation. Many Callers at the House, Who Leave Messages and Flowers -- What the Doctors Report.

Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. By organizing the fragmented transportation system in the United States, Cornelius Vanderbilt facilitated continental ...

Cornelius Vanderbilt was your stereotypical first-generation tycoon — the kind who believes competition isn’t good but something you crush.

Picture this bawdy scene from the life of one of America's leading business buccaneers. In 1815, then in his 20s, Cornelius Vanderbilt spent his days sailing schooners up and down the Hudson River ...

First famous for being born very rich – she was the great-great-granddaughter of railroad tycoon Cornelius Vanderbilt – and later for being at the center of a bitter custody battle between her ...

However, Cornelius senior is described as a "very handsome man," and he was able to marry above his station. Source: Renehan, Commodore: The Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt ...

Cornelius Vanderbilt II's 70-room mansion gives the UK's Royal Lodge a run for its money. Vanderbilt, who was born into wealth and the railroad industry, built a 183,300-square-foot mansion for ...

It’s hard to believe the 70-room, 125,339-square-foot home was just a summer house for Cornelius Vanderbilt II, yet the Italian Renaissance–style abode was considered a “cottage.” ...