Charles Tyson Yerkes

June 25, 1837 – December 29, 1905

Charles Yerkes (Wikipedia)

Charles Tyson Yerkes: Philadelphia-born Robber Baron by Robert Forrey (The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography,Vol. 99, No. 2 (Apr., 1975), pp. 226-241 )

Charles Tyson Yerkes and Street Railways (Encyclopedia of Chicago)

Charles Tyson Yerkes (Chicago “L”: Historic Figures)

Charles Tyson Yerkes (1837-1905) Find a Grave

Charles Yerkes, Telescope Benefactor, A Stellar Scoundrel (good review of Robber Baron by John French)

Charles Yerkes (Academic Dictionaries and Encyclopedias)

Charles Tyson Yerkes (Exploring 20th Century London)

Charles Tyson Yerkes: The Streetcar Baron Who Got Rich Twice (American Heritage)

Charles Tyson Yerkes (The Successful American, 1899)

The Yerkes Observatory : 1897-1947

Charles Yerkes: Father of Chicago’s Loop Leaving the Child Support to Illinois Taxpayers (KENSUSKINREPORT)

Also see: Railroads and the “L”

MRS. CHAS. T. YERKES DIES IN HOME HERE; Had Suffered with Heart Disease, Brought on by Worry Over Her Troubles. (New York Times, April 3, 1911)