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William Seward Webb (January 31, 1851 – October 29, 1926) was a businessman, and inspector general of the Vermont militia with the rank of colonel. He was a founder and former president of the Sons of the American Revolution .
On September 4th, 1896, the New York Journal announced that "the most elaborately equipped hunting party that ever was known in the United States" would depart in the coming days for Yellowstone National Park, with Dr. William Seward Webb leading the charge.
Jun 5, 2017 · In the late 19th century, Dr. William Seward Webb and his wife, Lila Vanderbilt Webb, built an estate on the shores of Lake Champlain. A new book dives into the history of that estate, which became Shelburne Farms.
Oct 31, 2022 · In the decades from 1880 to 1900 the new owner of Twitchell Lake, William Seward Webb organized what had seemed impossible up to then – crossing the Adirondack wilderness with a railroad.
Sep 24, 2020 · Then, in 1890, a wealthy New York City businessman, William Seward Webb, who had settled in Vermont and built the extensive Shelburne Farms near Burlington (now the Shelburne Museum,) took an interest in the Adirondacks and, with the help of his wife’s $5 million inheritance, purchased 144,000 acres in northern Hamilton and Herkimer counties.
Apr 20, 2017 · Back in the 19th century, socialite Eliza Osgood Vanderbilt Webb and her husband, railroad mogul William Seward Webb, imagined their new 4,000-acre property as both family getaway and true...
Mar 13, 2022 · William Seward Webb’s former estate, known today as Shelburne Farms, is a leading environmental education center with a focus on sustainable agriculture.
Sep 22, 1986 · William Seward Webb, doctor turned railroad baron, knew a good site when he saw one. Shelburne Point, with Lake Champlain shimmering westward toward the Adirondacks and the peaks of the Green...
Dr. William Seward Webb was a physician, businessman, and Inspector General of the Vermont militia with the rank of Colonel. He was a founder and former President of the Sons of the American Revolution. He studied medicine in Vienna, Paris and Berlin.
William Seward Webb was a businessman, and inspector general of the Vermont militia with the rank of colonel. He was a founder and former president of the Sons of the American Revolution.
