1. He painted the Masters in the Louvre, but failed to sell his painting in America, thus having to turn to Plan B;  his invention changed communication.                                      .      

2.   The new railroad would put its future on

      the line when it accepted a dare to race

      a horse.

       

3.   Louise's father told George, an immigrant,        he wasn't good enough for his daughter.  

      George set out to prove him wrong.  

      

4.   What was so valuable 1000 years ago that        led cacao traders from Central America to

      trade with Native Americans  in the Four

       Corners Region (AZ, UT, CO, NM)?

     

5.   A president's assassination helped 

      create a railroad company that would

      lead to the president's son becoming 

      CEO some 30 years later.  He would serve        as CEO for 11 years & Chairman of the              Board for 14 years before retiring 

      at age 79.

        

6.   The question of the day in 1877:  does a

      galloping horse's hooves leave the ground

      at the same time?  Solving this led to an

      invention we enjoy today.

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7.   No one realized that this new invention

       would some day 'shrink' the nation.

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8..  Beautiful, sophisticated women along with

      traveling on railroads were the leading

      cause of  stress, resulting in the disease 

      termed 'Americanitis'.