Buffalo / New York / Wilmington / Detroit / Alpena / Coleraine / /
Company
Tribune / Tiffany / Christiansens / James J. Hill’s Northern Steamship Company / Boeing / /
Continent
America / North America / Europe / /
Country
Austria / United States / Canada / /
Currency
USD / /
Event
M&A / /
Facility
Duluth-Superior harbor / Duluth Ship Canal / Isle Royale’s Washington Harbor / Port Arthur / University of Wisconsin-Superior / Michigan College of Mines / /
Atlantic Ocean / Great Lakes / Adriatic Sea / East Coast / Georgian Bay / Lake Superior / Lake Huron / Isle Royale / /
Organization
Russian government / Michigan College of Mines / Harvard / Michigan Militia / Canadian government / Tawas Beach Yachting Association / Duluth Seaway Port Authority / University of Wisconsin-Superior / United States Navy / /
Person
Guilford G. Hartley / Russell Alger / Frank W. Fletcher / Andrew Carnegie / Thomas F. Cole / Alex Christiansen / Chester Congdon / Marshall Alworth / Otto Christiansen / Hill / Van Brunt / Louis / Mary / Charles Hanscom / Martin / /
Position
Duluth-based mining entrepreneur / attorney / Gilded Age entrepreneur / Duluth attorney / Head / /
Product
Midwesterners / /
ProvinceOrState
Wisconsin / Quebec / Minnesota / New Brunswick / Maine / Maryland / St. Louis County / Michigan / Delaware / /
The Lap of Luxury Historians call the 1890s the “Gilded Age,” and in many ways, the last decade of the 19th century was the first in which conspicuous consumption on a grand scale became an American trademark. There