William Jackson Palmer (September 17, 1836 – March 13, 1909) was an American civil engineer, soldier, industrialist, and philanthropist.
Read more about William Jackson Palmer: Overview, Childhood, Education in Railroad Engineering, American Civil War, Benefactor of Hampton University, Building The Western Railroads, Colorado, Glen Eyrie, Retirement, Legacy, Medal of Honor Citation
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“The people are the government, administering it by their agents; they are the government, the sovereign power.”
—Andrew Jackson (1767–1845)
“We must be generously willing to leave for a time the narrow boundaries in which our individual lives are passed ... In this fresh, breezy atmosphere ... we will be surprised to find that many of our familiar old conventional truths look very queer indeed in some of the sudden side lights thrown upon them.”
—Bertha Honore Potter Palmer (1849–1918)