Van Sweringen brothers
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Van Sweringen brothers
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Oris Paxton Van Sweringen and Mantis James Van Sweringen were American brothers who became railroad barons in order to develop Shaker Heights, Ohio. They are better known as O. P. Van Sweringen and M. J. Van Sweringen, or by their collective nickname, the Vans. The brothers came from a farming area near Wooster, Ohio. Their father was for a time an engineer in the oil fields of Pennsylvania, fought in the Civil War and was wounded at the Battle of Gettysburg. The family moved to Cleveland, Ohio,
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Sweringen_brothers
date created:
2004-11-02T21:48:08Z
date modified:
2024-09-05T20:26:59Z
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