How did Cornelius Vanderbilt make money? After making his fortune in steamships, Cornelius Vanderbilt turned to railways. After establishing a steamship line in New York in the late 1820s, he started ...

His ambition is not to leave money to son Wyatt Vanderbilt. As the richest man in the United States in the late 1800s, Cornelius Vanderbilt made his fortune from natural resources. However, he did not ...

Cornelius "Commodore" Vanderbilt, in the late 19th century. His hard work set the foundation for his sons and grandsons to continue making money, but their descendants became less inclined to earn and ...

Getty Images; Elm Court Estate; Library of Congress Elm Court Estate was built in 1886 as a summer home for Emily Vanderbilt, granddaughter of railroad magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt, and her family.

During the Gilded Age in the late 1800s, railroad tycoon Cornelius Vanderbilt was the richest man in America with a net worth of $100 million, or around $200 billion today — more money than the ...

The steam yacht Cherokee, which belongs to the estate of the late William Clark, the millionaire thread manufacturer, has been sold by the trustees of the Clark estate to Cornelius Vanderbilt of ...

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