A marine research team said yesterday that it had discovered the wreck of Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt's elegant, silver-laden passenger and cargo ship, the Lexington, which burned and sank in ...

Edward Renehan, Jr., talked about his biography [Commodore: The Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt], published by Basic Books. In his book he recounts the life of Cornelius Vanderbilt (1794-1877), who ...

After all, his second wife, not the Commodore himself, chose to create the only record his birthplace.” Entrance to the Vanderbilt Mausoleum at Moravian Cemetery where Cornelius is interred.

Meet Mr. C, the Vanderbilt Commodore Never will you have a more well-mannered, prim and proper leader than Mr. Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt. Here, here.

In the late 19th century, the Vanderbilt family began their rise to fame and fortune with the monopolization of the railroad ...

The rapid expansion of America’s railroad system in the 1800s and early 1900s was driven largely by a small group of powerful ...

Cornelius Vanderbilt III, a descendant of Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt, was found stabbed to death in his Staten Island home Thursday morning, police said. The partly clad body of Vanderbilt, 72 ...

A statue of the late Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt is presented to the Public Museum, St. George. It is reported that Vanderbilt lived on Staten Island when he was building his fortune.

“The public? Bah! The public be damned . . .” snorted bullet-headed Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt many years ago. His great-great-grandson, Cornelius Vanderbilt IV, a gangling 26-year-old ...

Exhibition Label Born Staten Island, New York By organizing the fragmented transportation system in the United States, Cornelius Vanderbilt facilitated continental expansion and created the ...

The Gilded Age transports viewers into the glittering world of 1880s New York, but the characters aren't just made up.