All posts tagged "Cornelius Vanderbilt"

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  New Haven, ‘the Wickedest City’ – The Devil and Man At Yale in 1895

  In 1895, hundreds of ministers and church leaders came to New Haven for a conference of the Christian Worker’s Association. Little did...

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  The SS Lexington Disaster, Worst in Long Island Sound History

  Cornelius Vanderbilt in 1834 commissioned a paddlewheel steamboat called the SS Lexington to be the fastest and most luxurious in operation. She turned...