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Kansas Tycoon Emerson Carey: Building an Empire from Coal, Ice and Salt

Kansas Tycoon Emerson Carey: Building an Empire from Coal, Ice and Salt

Ledeboer, Lynn
Marcotte, Myron
Great-Grandson of Emerson Carey, Michael

Hardcover

General PhotographyGeneral SociologyRegional: Midwest

Publisher Price: $31.99

ISBN10: 1540238377
ISBN13: 9781540238375
Publisher: History Pr
Published: Apr 29 2019
Pages: 162
Weight: 0.85
Height: 0.44 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
I've seen a fly make a bull switch his tail is a homespun quip attributed to Emerson Carey, the powerful salt magnate of Hutchinson, Kansas. True or not, the quote epitomizes the fearless and tenacious character of the legend who became Reno County's benefactor. Young, awestruck Carey arrived in boomtown 1880s Hutchinson and went on to create an immense empire. Coal, ice, salt, strawboard, egg cases, bags, soda ash and streetcars--he presided over it all. From Carey's sleeping in a coal yard with a quarter in his pocket to the founding of the exclusive Willowbrook community and attaining a net worth of more than $15 million, authors Lynn Ledeboer and Myron Marcotte relate the epic story.

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