James J. Hill

James J. Hill

James Jerome Hill , was a Canadian-American railroad executive. He was the chief executive officer of a family of lines headed by the Great Northern Railway, which served a substantial area of the Upper Midwest, the northern Great Plains, and Pacific Northwest...

, The Empire Builder's civic legacy is the James J. Hill Reference Library in downtown Saint Paul

Saint Paul, Minnesota

Saint Paul is the capital and second-most populous city of the U.S. state of Minnesota. The city lies mostly on the east bank of the Mississippi River in the area surrounding its point of confluence with the Minnesota River, and adjoins Minneapolis, the state's largest city...

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Minnesota

Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...

. This public business research library is open to the public and its resources can be used for free on site. In addition, the Hill Library hosts business and social events in its historic reading room.

The Hill Library's online programs include

BizToolkit -- an organized collection of business information resources.

Biz Info Library -- an ever-growing collection of practical business articles.

HillSearch -- watch the video; the Library's premium membership program.

HillResearch -- the library's professional research service.

HispanSource -- information on the US Hispanic community.

eInsight -- the site for the Hill Center for Ethical Business Leadership.