Accessory Transit Company organization
also: accessory transit
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Cornelius Vanderbilt Starrperson · 3Nicaraguacountry · 3Vanderbilt familyfamily · 3William Walkerperson · 2United Kingdomcountry · 1United Statescountry · 1San Juanplace · 1Californianplace · 1Joseph Whiteperson · 1Edmund Randolphperson · 1
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Cornelius Vanderbilt Starr founded
Accessory Transit Company documented
“You go through Lake Nicaragua, and then you jump out on the San Juan River, and you can get to the Pacific and go straight to California. Cornelius Vanderbilt would help hack out that route himself through the jungle, and he establishes som…”
▶ The Shadow State 54 The Vanderbilt Curse @ 15:28
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▶ 15:28
You go through Lake Nicaragua, and then you jump out on the San Juan River, and you can get to the Pacific and go straight to California. Cornelius Vanderbilt would help hack out that route himself through the jungle, and he establishes som…
▶ 17:08
He drove them into extinction by cutting prices. Sensing a pattern here? Yes. Goes back, repurchases the accessory transit that line over Nicaragua again, cheaper than he sold it for. Here's where it gets fun. Right before he bought it back…
▶ 17:43
How many people know that an American actually was the ruler of Nicaragua in the 1850s? I did, but only because I went through this. So this guy by the name of Edmund Randolph, he's a close friend of Walker's. He convinces Walker to annul t…