(Bio under construction-collecting sources/editing/summarizing his interesting life into a few paragraphs, but wanted to eliminate the summary of the past script from previous owners)
Prior to Ben Holladay’s notoriety as the transportation king he spent his early years in Kentucky. Ben helped his father William “Bill” Holladay as a guide through the Cumberland Gap. In (xxxx), Ben and his brother David, moved to Weston, Missouri where they established a bourbon distillery which remains today as McCormick Distilling Company. It was in Weston where Ben met and married his first wife, Notely Ann Calvert. David Holladay married Notely Ann Calverts sister, Phena.
Ben didn’t remain in Weston long as he capitalized on purchasing and expanding stagecoach lines, ran supplies to Brigham Young, operated and owned mines, hotels and saloons and ran pony express branches, from Denver to Portland, San Francisco to Washington D.C., Purchase New York and along the Sante Fe trail. By the mid-1860s he was the largest individual employer in The United States.
Holladay owned a mansion in Washington D.C. The lions resting at the entrance to the Corcoran Gallery of Art are all that remains of his Washington D.C. home.
Seaside Oregon was named for his Seaside estate known as the “Seaside House”. The estates sat where the Seaside Golf Course stands today. Of Course Holladay Street in Seaside is named for him.
Northeast Holladay Street in Portland, Oregon is named for him as well as Holladay Addition which was developed on the land he owned.
Prior to Ben Holladay’s notoriety as the transportation king he spent his early years in Kentucky. Ben helped his father William “Bill” Holladay as a guide through the Cumberland Gap. In (xxxx), Ben and his brother David, moved to Weston, Missouri where they established a bourbon distillery which remains today as McCormick Distilling Company. It was in Weston where Ben met and married his first wife, Notely Ann Calvert. David Holladay married Notely Ann Calverts sister, Phena.
Ben didn’t remain in Weston long as he capitalized on purchasing and expanding stagecoach lines, ran supplies to Brigham Young, operated and owned mines, hotels and saloons and ran pony express branches, from Denver to Portland, San Francisco to Washington D.C., Purchase New York and along the Sante Fe trail. By the mid-1860s he was the largest individual employer in The United States.
Holladay owned a mansion in Washington D.C. The lions resting at the entrance to the Corcoran Gallery of Art are all that remains of his Washington D.C. home.
Seaside Oregon was named for his Seaside estate known as the “Seaside House”. The estates sat where the Seaside Golf Course stands today. Of Course Holladay Street in Seaside is named for him.
Northeast Holladay Street in Portland, Oregon is named for him as well as Holladay Addition which was developed on the land he owned.
(Bio under construction-collecting sources/editing/summarizing his interesting life into a few paragraphs, but wanted to eliminate the summary of the past script from previous owners)
Prior to Ben Holladay’s notoriety as the transportation king he spent his early years in Kentucky. Ben helped his father William “Bill” Holladay as a guide through the Cumberland Gap. In (xxxx), Ben and his brother David, moved to Weston, Missouri where they established a bourbon distillery which remains today as McCormick Distilling Company. It was in Weston where Ben met and married his first wife, Notely Ann Calvert. David Holladay married Notely Ann Calverts sister, Phena.
Ben didn’t remain in Weston long as he capitalized on purchasing and expanding stagecoach lines, ran supplies to Brigham Young, operated and owned mines, hotels and saloons and ran pony express branches, from Denver to Portland, San Francisco to Washington D.C., Purchase New York and along the Sante Fe trail. By the mid-1860s he was the largest individual employer in The United States.
Holladay owned a mansion in Washington D.C. The lions resting at the entrance to the Corcoran Gallery of Art are all that remains of his Washington D.C. home.
Seaside Oregon was named for his Seaside estate known as the “Seaside House”. The estates sat where the Seaside Golf Course stands today. Of Course Holladay Street in Seaside is named for him.
Northeast Holladay Street in Portland, Oregon is named for him as well as Holladay Addition which was developed on the land he owned.
Prior to Ben Holladay’s notoriety as the transportation king he spent his early years in Kentucky. Ben helped his father William “Bill” Holladay as a guide through the Cumberland Gap. In (xxxx), Ben and his brother David, moved to Weston, Missouri where they established a bourbon distillery which remains today as McCormick Distilling Company. It was in Weston where Ben met and married his first wife, Notely Ann Calvert. David Holladay married Notely Ann Calverts sister, Phena.
Ben didn’t remain in Weston long as he capitalized on purchasing and expanding stagecoach lines, ran supplies to Brigham Young, operated and owned mines, hotels and saloons and ran pony express branches, from Denver to Portland, San Francisco to Washington D.C., Purchase New York and along the Sante Fe trail. By the mid-1860s he was the largest individual employer in The United States.
Holladay owned a mansion in Washington D.C. The lions resting at the entrance to the Corcoran Gallery of Art are all that remains of his Washington D.C. home.
Seaside Oregon was named for his Seaside estate known as the “Seaside House”. The estates sat where the Seaside Golf Course stands today. Of Course Holladay Street in Seaside is named for him.
Northeast Holladay Street in Portland, Oregon is named for him as well as Holladay Addition which was developed on the land he owned.
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