X-Nico

4 unusual facts about Stephen Birch


Daniel Guggenheim

He was approached by Stephen Birch, a wealthy miner with big hopes for the development of Alaska and its railroads, in regards to financing Birch's developing copper claims.

Stephen Birch

After visiting the land, it was decided that the Birch estate would be the new home to Ramapo College.

During his lifetime, he avoided publicity and seldom gave interviews or had his picture taken, though he did have his portrait painted in 1911 by the Swiss-born American artist Adolfo Müller-Ury.

Stephen died in 1970 at the same time that the founders of Ramapo College were searching for land to build the school on.



see also