About William Reid
Born 1842. William Reid was a businessperson.
William Reid was a Scottish businessman who emigrated to the U.S. state of Oregon in 1874 to establish the Oregonian Railway. He made several extensions to the railroad in the western Willamette Valley. The city of Dundee, Oregon was named after Dundee, where Reid had previously lived.
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Who was William Reid?
Scottish businessman-American politician
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William Reid was born in 1842.
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William Reid was a businessperson.
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