Robert and Carrie Adell Strahorn

ID: 5344 ~ Source: Carrie Adell Strahorn, "Fifteen Thousand Miles by Stage", (1911)
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dell_and_Robert_Strahorn.png ~ Date: 1880

This file appears in: They Called Him The Sphinx: Robert E. Strahorn, Builder of the North Coast Railroad

Robert and Carrie Adell strahorn were married one month before Jay Gould of Union Pacific offered Robert the position as a publicist, and Strahorn agreed on the condition that his wife be allowed to travel with him. The couple traveled throughout the Pacific Northwest by train, stagecoach, and horseback. Despite being a wealthy educated society lady from Illinois Strahorn rode in a man's saddle, and became one of the first white women to make a complete tour of Yellowstone National park

This file appears in: They Called Him The Sphinx: Robert E. Strahorn, Builder of the North Coast Railroad

They Called Him The Sphinx: Robert E. Strahorn, Builder of the North Coast Railroad

By Devrick Barnett

During construction of the North Coast Railroad, Robert E Strahorn adopted a persona of mystery in order to keep competitors from learning the secret of his funding.