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Chicago in the Gilded Age Chicago is perhaps the most vivid example of the Gilded Age in all its glory and squalor. It experienced unbelievable growth through the period: in 1870 its population was just under 300,000; three decades later it was almost 1.7 million, As the city was rebuilt after the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, it became the birthplace of the skyscraper and a hotbed of innovative ...
heiress (ˈɛərɪs) a woman who inherits or expects to inherit great wealth Collaborators, please feel free to add more categories of heiresses . Contemporary from Finance101.com; from itsrosy.com; from cbsnews.com 41. Shari Sharon Arison . Net worth: $7.6 billion. Inherited Arison Investments. Roberta Armani. Estimated net worth: $100 thousand to $1 million. Fortune inherited from: Gio...
Since 1864, Ceder Hill Cemetery in Hartford, Connecticut has served as the final resting place of some of the most important people in Connecticut and American history. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, Cedar Hill Cemetery is a classic example of the " rural cemetery movement " that combines beautiful architectural and landscaping work with dignity for the deceased. Much mor...
"Of all the beautiful towns it has been my fortune to see, this is the chief. ... You do not know what beauty is if you have not been here." -- Mark Twain on Hartford, 1868 In his 1873 novel The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today , Hartford resident Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) coined the term for the late 19th C. period of incredible wealth associated with the rise of white-collar employmen...
Founded in 1872 by Ward McAllister, the "Society of Patriarchs" was a group of 25 gentlemen from New York Society.The group represented men of worth, respectability, and responsibility. Beginning with the 1885–1886 season, the Patriarchs threw a ball each year, known as the Patriarchs Ball, which each member was entitled to invite four ladies and five gentlemen to, thereby establishing the in...