Sir William Cornelius Van Horne

Van Horne was born in Illinois. He left school while in his teens and began to work for the railway. In 1881, he was hired to oversee the contrusction of the Canadian Pacific Railway, Canada's transcontinental railroad. When he officially retired from the CPR in 1899. He worked on the creation of railways in Central America and pursued his many hobbies: farming, geology, painting, and art collecting. When he died, his body was transported by train to a burial site in Joliet, Illinois.

Van Horne was born in Illinois. He left school while in his teens and began to work for the railway. In 1881, he was hired to oversee the contrusction of the Canadian Pacific Railway, Canada's transcontinental railroad. When he officially retired from the CPR in 1899. He worked on the creation of railways in Central America and pursued his many hobbies: farming, geology, painting, and art collecting. When he died, his body was transported by train to a burial site in Joliet, Illinois. See less