Thanks for making time to listen to a few of my stories.
I have always been interested in American history but heading a children's charity and raising a family did not allow time. Upon retirement I spent several years re reading those history books that I had just read in school to pass the test. During these reads, I paid particular attention to record (for retelling) those interesting and informative stories my history teachers didn't have time to share.
I organized Santa Express Trains to the North Pole for 10 years during my tenure with the children's charity. This intensified my passion for trains which I had had from youth. Upon retirement, I continued feeding my train passion by riding most of Amtrak's trains, even serving as an Amtrak tour guide.
My train passion went through the roof when I learned Robert Todd Lincoln arguably set the record for riding the most miles on trains before age 25, and while Secretary of War he traveled by train to many military places out West, AND at age 55 replaced George Pullman as the CEO of nation's largest rail manufacturing company, the Pullman Palace Car Co. Robert serve as CEO for 11 years and then continue as chairman of the Board for another 14 years! He definitely became a railroad baron.
With this knowledge, I chose to become a Robert Todd Lincoln reenactor. I found only 2 books on Robert Todd Lincoln. Yet, these books contained valuable information and stories I found delight in sharing as his reenactor.
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Robert's Early Years
Robert Head of Household
Robert Early Trains
Robert Becomes a Yankee
R. Lincoln Changed History History
Robert at Harvard
Robert's Ride on the Inaugural Train
Saved by a Booth
ROBERT TODD LINCOLN
"There were two lively kids on board who kept the whole train in turmoil, and their tall father did not spank them," Todd family relative 2
Robert saw his first train before he was 5. He rode trains frequently during his life and especially as CEO of Pullman Co. - the largest manufacture of railroad cars. 2
Robert flunked Harvard's entrance exam resulting in one year in a New Hampshire preparatory school. 3
That year along with 4 years at Harvard transformed him into a "Yankee". 3
He studied at Harvard at the same time his father served as President.3
Robert interrupted his studies to accompany his father, now President-Elect, to Washington D.C. 5
Robert, in a crowd waiting to board
a train, was being pushed. As he was about to fall on the tracks, he was grabbed by the collar from certain injury or even death.
Thank you Mr. Booth! 6
Robert's father was gone frequently for work and for politics. He felt the burden of being the oldest child.
"I feel sometimes that I am head of the household," Robert Todd Lincoln
"I take full credit for helping my father secure the nomination for president". Robert Todd Lincoln 4
After flunking Harvard's entrance exam, what if Robert and his father decided he should come back to Illinois for his college. Would Abraham Lincoln have been become the president of the U.S.? 4
Theme
Robert Todd Lincoln's
Adult Years
How He Met His Wife
First Trip After Assassination
Rebellious Daughter
Robert Takes Up Golf
Where Is He Buried?
Robert had several girl friends in his early years. However, it is was his mother who invited Mary Harlan, the attractive daughter of President Lincoln's top man in the Senate, Iowa Senator James Harlan a
One year after the assassination, Robert was dealing with his mother, his brother, his father's papers, and his law studies. He needed a vacation. b
c An Interview with Robert
Robert served as Pullman Palace Car Co as CEO for 11 years followed by serving as chairman of the board for 14 years.