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William Blackmore

William Henry Blackmore (1827–1878), English lawyer who gained a fortune by exploiting a large social network as an investment promoter


Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad

William Blackmore: Early Financing of the Denver & Rio Grande Railway 1871–1878.

Mount Blackmore

Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden's survey expedition of the Yellowstone area named the peak for Mary Blackmore, wife of William Blackmore, an English land speculator and philanthropist who accompanied the Hayden Survey.


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