Alpheus Beede Stickney
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Alpheus Beede Stickney, c. 1880.
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June 27, 1840 Wilton, Maine |
| Died | August 9, 1916 (aged 76) St. Paul, Minnesota |
| Nationality | American |
Alpheus Beede "A.B." Stickney (June 27, 1840 – August 9, 1916) was the first president of Chicago Great Western Railway, serving in that position from 1884 to 1909.
Alpheus Beede Stickney was born in Wilton, Maine, on June 27, 1840, the first son of Daniel Stickney and his third wife, Ursula Maria Beede.
Stickney was a personal and professional friend of James J. Hill who he worked for and had a hand in Stickney's later railroads. Stickney in 1879 had been the construction superintendent for St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway, later known as the Great Northern Railway. James J. Hill in 1881 sent Stickney to be construction superintendent for the Canadian Pacific Railway. In 1885 he started what would become the Chicago Great Western Railway, which linked Chicago, Minneapolis, Omaha, and Kansas City. Clearing Yard in Chicago was founded by him in 1889.
Stickney was a maverick among railroad executives of the time. He favored some regulation by the federal government and was opposed to the most flagrant abuses of the railroads. His viewpoint is well illustrated by the following quotation:
Stickney died on August 9, 1916, and is buried in Oakland Cemetery, St. Paul, Minnesota.
The village of Stickney, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago just south of Berwyn and Cicero, is named in his honor.
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