William A. Clark
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American mining magnate and politician
Why Is William A. Clark Influential?
(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, William Andrews Clark Sr. was an American entrepreneur, involved with mining, banking, and railroads, as well as a politician. Biography Clark was born in Connellsville, Pennsylvania. He moved with his family to Iowa in 1856 where he taught school and studied law at Iowa Wesleyan College. In 1862, he traveled west to become a miner. After working in quartz mines in Colorado, in 1863 Clark made his way to new gold fields to find his fortune in the Montana gold rush.
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