Eagle's Nest was built for William K. Vanderbilt II between 1910 and 1936, and is now home to a museum, planetarium, hiking ...

Wealthy families in the Gilded Age spent conspicuously, from fancy clothes to European palace-inspired mansions to lavish ...

T. J. Stiles wrote, The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt, which won a National Book Award and a Pulitzer Prize in 2010. According to Stiles, Vanderbilt s life serves as a ...

Cornelius Vanderbilt was among the richest Americans ever to have lived. Born in 1794, he built his fortune on railroads and shipping. To put his wealth into context, in today’s dollars when ...

VANDERBILT'S PART IN TUNNEL COMPANY; Cornelius Represents Only His Own Interests. MAY BE ACTIVE IN THE WORK His Presence in the Directory Not Indicative of an Alliance with the New York Central.

What Happened: On this day 133 years ago, Cornelius Vanderbilt, the world’s richest man, died. Where The Market Was: Vanderbilt’s death predated both the S&P 500 index and the Dow Jones ...