Charles & William Kindred: Go West, Young Men

About this episode

The episode discusses the lives of Charles and William Kindred, who became wealthy through land speculation and have a town named after them in North Dakota.

All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories #086, part 2 Charles & William Kindred became rich men in land speculation. There is a town named for them in North Dakota. They broke quite a few rules along the way.

People in this episode

Host: Joe Lex

Topics covered

• land speculation
• history
• entrepreneurship
• town naming
• rule-breaking

Keywords

• Charles Kindred
• William Kindred
• land speculation
• North Dakota
• history

Mentioned in this episode

Places: North Dakota

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