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Around the world in 80 days — starting and finishing in Tacoma

In 1870, a wealthy American millionaire traveled around the world in 80 days not counting a two-month stopover in France to hobnob with the revolutionaries of the Paris Commune. His name was George Francis Train, an eccentric and vastly wealthy entrepreneur who amassed a purported $30 million fortune (in mid-19th century dollars!) in shipping and rail. He was obsessed with transportation, from urban tram systems to clipper ships to the Union Pacific Railroad. He was the Elon Musk of the Gilded Age and left his mark on the Pacific Northwest. ....

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