William Kenney

William Patrick Kenney in 1918
Kenney's goat in its later form as a silhouette

William Patrick Kenney (1870–1939) was the president of the Great Northern Railway.[1]

Biography

As a boy in Minneapolis, Kenney delivered newspapers. He used a goat to pull his wagon load of papers until the neighbours objected to the smell and the goat was sold to a rancher in Montana. Later, Kenney joined the Great Northern Railway which needed a trademark. He suggested the image of the goat to James J. Hill, the "Empire Builder" who ran the railroad, and it was adopted.[2]

He died in St. Paul, Minnesota on January 24, 1939.[3]

References

  1. ↑ The Great Northern Goat, Vols 10-15, 1939, p. 11
  2. ↑ ""Kenney's Goat" Story Recalled", Spokane Daily Chronicle, 12 November 1931, p. 1
  3. ↑ Downs, Winfield Scott (1940), Encyclopedia of American Biography, American Historical Company

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