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Samuel Branson Hill

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Samuel Branson Hill

Birth
Deep River, Guilford County, North Carolina, USA
Death
21 Feb 1931 (aged 73)
Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA
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Maryhill, Klickitat County, Washington, USA Add to Map
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Overlooking Columbia River
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Eccentric railroad heir, American businessman, lawyer, railroad executive; son-in-law of James J. Hill, Builder of the Peace Arch at Blaine, Columbia Gorge Highway, and the Maryhill Museum. Sam Hill is not the Sam Hill of "What the Sam Hill!" This is a common fallacy. The consensus among experts, including H. L. Mencken, seems to be that "Sam Hill" is an euphemism for hell. The origins of the phrase still remain obscure, but the evidence that the phrase was not coined for the Samuel Hill of the Maryhill Stonehenge, is irrefutable.

Bio by: Jay Lance
Eccentric railroad heir, American businessman, lawyer, railroad executive; son-in-law of James J. Hill, Builder of the Peace Arch at Blaine, Columbia Gorge Highway, and the Maryhill Museum. Sam Hill is not the Sam Hill of "What the Sam Hill!" This is a common fallacy. The consensus among experts, including H. L. Mencken, seems to be that "Sam Hill" is an euphemism for hell. The origins of the phrase still remain obscure, but the evidence that the phrase was not coined for the Samuel Hill of the Maryhill Stonehenge, is irrefutable.

Bio by: Jay Lance

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