a little over 30,000. when he was five, george washington died. 240 miles away at mount vernon, washington d.c. it took seven days for the news to travel to new york city. it wind cornelius vanderbilt died in 1877 the first telephone had been installed in the white house. during the lifetime of the first taken america moved from being of world agricultural society to a corporate industrial economy. this colossal change is eliminated by mr. styles in his book about mr. vanderbilt. leading into this conversation is paul hutton, our neighbor from mexico. an eminent historian, professor of history at the university of new mexico, well-known for both scholarly and popular authors. he wrote the award-winning phil sheridan and his army. he also has his jesse james book over there. we will have about 45 minutes of conversation after richard will have a question and answer from the audience. after this presentation the author will be signing in the mad and signing area. if you go out