The Empire Builder: James J. Hill and The Great Northern Railway

Seventeen-year-old Canadian immigrant James J. Hill arrives in St. Paul, Minnesota. Working song the waterfront, he immerses himself in the Mississipp...

Hill takes the biggest gamble of his career. He decides to build west, despite existing transcontinental lines to the north and south. To get there, h...

Hill faces striking workers and American Railway Union President Eugene Debs. Hill recruits JP Morgan to add the Northern Pacific to his empire. A fig...

Hill turn Seattle into an international port by opening up trade with Asia. Encouraged by Great Northern agents, immigrants from Europe, settle in Mon...