The Maritime Years of Cornelius Vanderbilt
The shipping and railroad empire started by Cornelius Vanderbilt began on Staten Island. Eventually, he became the second richest man in the world owing to his passion for success. Cornelius Vanderbilt's Staten Island connections will be examined as we discuss family lineage, Vanderbilt properties and homes on the island, the Vanderbilt Cemetery and Mausoleum, and more.
Patricia M. Salmon retired as Curator of History at the Staten Island Museum in 2012. A Staten Island resident for almost fifty years, she was a Naturalist/Historian at Clay Pit Ponds State Park Preserve in that borough for eight years. Ms. Salmon has authored the books Realms of History: The Cemeteries of Staten Island, The Staten Island Ferry: A History, Murder & Mayhem on Staten Island and Staten Island Slayings: Murderers and Mysteries of the Forgotten Borough. A board member of the Tottenville Historical Society, she is a consultant to the Friends of Abandoned Cemeteries of Staten Island and an adjunct professor at Wagner College in Staten Island.