The Santa Fe Ring was an informal group of powerful politicians, attorneys, and land speculators in territorial New Mexico from 1865 until 1912. The Ring was composed of newly-arrived Anglo Americans and opportunistic Hispanics from long-resident and prominent families in New Mexico. Acquiring wealth, both groups realized, lay in owning or controlling the millions of acres of land whicโฆ
WEBSenator Stephen Benton Elkins (September 26, 1841-January 4, 1911) was born in Perry County, Ohio, and died at Halliehurst, his home in Elkins. His father, originally from โฆ
WEBStephen Benton Elkins (September 26, 1841 โ January 4, 1911) was an American industrialist and politician. He served as the Secretary of War between 1891 and โฆ
WEBAmong his major works are portraits of Presidents William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt and Generals Nelson A. Miles and Grenville M. Dodge. One of his important โฆ
WEBStephen Benton Elkins was born in 1841 near New Lexington, Ohio. After graduating from the University of Missouri at Columbia in 1860, Elkins taught school, then quit his job to โฆ
WEBStephen Benton Elkins, 1841โ1911, American statesman, b. Perry co., Ohio. He grew up in Missouri and after the outbreak of the Civil War enlisted in the Union army, although his โฆ
WEBSenator Stephen Benton Elkins, who helped bring the railroad to Elkins. Livestock, timber, and limestone are important to the economy; the city also has light manufactures. Davis โฆ
WEBBiographical Directory of the U.S. Congress - Retro Member details. Library of Congress. ELKINS, Stephen Benton (1841-1911) Senate Years of Service: 1895-1911. Biography.