The Empire Builder: James J. Hill and The Great Northern Railway S01 E01 Episode One

Seventeen-year-old Canadian immigrant James J. Hill arrives in St. Paul, Minnesota. Working song the waterfront, he immerses himself in the Mississippi River trade and, within ten years, starts his first business. An opportunity strikes when the St. Paul and Pacific Railway goes bankrupt for the third time. Hill convinces a group of associates to make a play for the railroad.