#Latest news with #EdwardPrestonMcCabeWashington Post5 days agoBusinessWashington Post‘Black Moses' tells a powerful story of political ambitionAt first glance, the life of Edward Preston McCabe appears to be a classic success story of the Gilded Age. In 1878, after stints as a clerk in New York and Chicago, he arrived at the forlorn town of Nicodemus, Kansas, and took over the local government. He enticed more settlers and helped to foster the town's increasing prosperity.
Washington Post5 days agoBusinessWashington Post‘Black Moses' tells a powerful story of political ambitionAt first glance, the life of Edward Preston McCabe appears to be a classic success story of the Gilded Age. In 1878, after stints as a clerk in New York and Chicago, he arrived at the forlorn town of Nicodemus, Kansas, and took over the local government. He enticed more settlers and helped to foster the town's increasing prosperity.
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