Andrew mcnally iv biography sample

Chicago founder of Rand McNally, Co., and family.

Andrew McNally was born in 1838 in Armagh, Northern Ireland, and emigrated to New York City in 1857. He moved to Chicago about a year later, where he published an evening newspaper called the Star, and also worked at the Chicago Tribune.

Andrew mcnally iv biography sample

He met printer William Rand at the Tribune, and two men became business partners, establishing Rand, McNally & Company in 1868. The company initially focused on printing tickets, timetables, and guides for the burgeoning railroad industry, and later expanded to printing business directories and newspapers.

Rand McNally began publishing maps for railroads and other businesses in the early 1870s, and throughout the next two decades expanded into trade books, educational maps, general literature, and textbooks. William Rand retired in 1899, and Andrew McNally led the company until 1904.

In the1880s, Andrew McNally began spending time in southern California, eventually purchasing considerable prope