Bettmann Archive Born in Manhattan in 1875, Gertrude was the great-granddaughter of railroad magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt and the wife of Harry Payne Whitney, whose fortune came from thoroughbred ...

Gilded Age railroad tycoon Cornelius Vanderbilt would be wealthier than Jeff Bezos if he were alive today. His grandson built ...

The sale is pending on Cady Hill, the late Saratoga Springs socialite Marylou Whitney's former estate on Geyser Road ...

thanks in part to the many historic mansions owned by figures such as John Shaffer Phipps and Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney. After Whitney’s death in 1904, the couple moved into The Manse ...

Harry Payne Whitney, and grandson, Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney. The family’s contributions to thoroughbred racing trace back to the 1890s and cannot be overstated. Born on July 5, 1841 ...

The first generations here were farmers. Then came Cornelius, a.k.a. the Commodore. "Commodore Vanderbilt was a really extraordinary person," Cooper said. "I mean, he grew up on a farm in Staten ...

Gloria Vanderbilt, the great-great-granddaughter of railroad magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt and heiress ... when her paternal aunt Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney engaged her mother in a court battle ...

You know Marylou Whitney as the grand dame of Saratoga, a charmer from humble Missouri beginnings who, as a young actress married millionaire Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney. You know the story of ...