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HUNTINGTON â In 1869, rail tycoon Collis P. Huntington, who played a successful â and highly profitable â role in construction of the long-dreamed-of Transcontinental Railroad, came to the rescue of the all-but-bankrupt Chesapeake & Ohio.
The little railroad desperately needed new capital to rebuild the damage it had suffered during the Civil War and push its tracks westward from Richmond, Virginia, to the Ohio River, where passengers and cargo could readily be transferred between the railroad and the riverboats that traveled the Ohio.
The C&Oâs board of directors turned for help to Huntington, who made them an offer they couldnât refuse. He said he would gladly supply the new funds needed â if he was made the railroadâs president. The board quickly agreed.
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Gully at Low Tide by John Sloan (American, 1871-1951), 1967, oil on canvas. SUBMITTED Road and River by Edward Willis Redfield (American, 1869-1965), 1926, oil on canvas. SUBMITTED Lincoln s Birthday Flags, 1918 by Childe Hassam will appear in a Daywood exhibit at the Huntington Museum of Art. SUBMITTED
HUNTINGTON The Huntington Museum of Art is traveling the country with a selection of art from its Daywood Collection.
âAmerican Impressionism: Treasures from the Daywood Collection â International Arts & Artistsâ includes 41 works from art originally from the private collection of Arthur Dayton and Ruth Woods Dayton, who were Huntington residents and prominent art patrons in early 20th century.
HUNTINGTON — The Huntington Museum of Art is one of 17 Golden Pear Award recipients as part of expanded support for qualified nonprofit organizations, according to a news release from