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Edward Henry Harriman, age 30. In the following essay, historian and biographer Maury Klein paints a vivid picture of E. H. Harriman's early years. Called by his middle name, Henry, the boy ...

Map of northern part of Muir Glacier. Source: National Archives. Within a year of the Alaska Expedition, E. H. Harriman's railway empire stretched 25,000 miles, from Illinois to California.