The Virginian Railway existed as a separate entity for only a half century, but that period of American history witnessed two world wars and the emergence of the United States as a global superpower.
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He speculated that south-central West Virginia coal would fuel America\'s Industrial Revolution. oil industry through his leadership of Standard Oil, invested $30 million of his personal wealth into the making of the Virginian.
Henry Huddleston Rogers, who marshaled the development of the U.
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The Virginian Railway existed as a separate entity for only a half century, but that period of American history witnessed two world wars and the emergence of the United States as a global superpower