1882 cartoon depicting Wall Street as "Jay Gould's Private Bowling Alley" After being forced out of the Erie Railroad, Gould started to build up a system of railroads in the Midwest and West. He …

Jay Gould (born May 27, 1836, Roxbury, New York, U.S.—died December 2, 1892, New York, New York) was an American railroad executive, financier, and speculator. He was an …

Jul 30, 2022 · Jay Gould’s Machiavellian moves led enraged investors to not only punch him at Delmonico’s, but throw him down a set of Broadway stairs, and threaten him with a pistol.

Jul 9, 2019 · Jay Gould (born Jason Gould; May 27, 1836–December 2, 1892) was a businessman who came to personify the robber baron in the late 19th century. Over the …

Feb 22, 2025 · Jay Gould became one of the most powerful and ruthless tycoons owning numerous lines throughout the United States.

Gould paid off President Grant's brother-in-law to get inside information and bribed members of the New York legislature before putting their plan into action. The ensuing panic on what …

The Gould family is a wealthy American family that came to prominence in the late 19th century. The family's fortune was primarily earned through a railroad empire built by Jason "Jay" Gould, …

Jason “Jay” Gould, known as one of the ruthless “robber barons” of the nineteenth century American capitalism, was a famed railroad developer, financier and speculator. Starting his …

May 21, 2018 · American financier and railroad builder Jay Gould (1836-1892) began as an unprincipled stock manipulator and became one of the most acute businessmen in America's …

Feb 1, 2025 · Jay Gould is a name synonymous with ambition, cunning, and unrelenting drive during America’s Gilded Age. A period characterized by rapid economic growth, …