Disney worked on his father's new farm until 1884, when he left to find another job.
He was hired in a railroad machine shop (one of his co-workers was Walter Chrysler), then he joined the railroad crew building the Union Pacific line through Colorado.
After the railroad contract was over, he became a professional fiddle player in Denver.
Again he was unsuccessful, and he returned to his father's farm.
 He also worked for a short time as a mailman in Kissimmee, Florida, close to the eventual site of Walt Disney World.
Disney did also attempt to make a career as an orange grower in Florida, but he was unsuccessful.
Although frequently unsuccessful at self-employment, Disney's entrepreneurial tendencies were passed on to his son Walt.

He was a construction worker for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, an event which author Erik Larson cites as a source of inspiration for his son Walt and the Disney kingdom he would eventually create.
He bought shares of O-Zell Company, a jelly-canning factory that also produced apple juice in Chicago, where his son Walt Disney worked before he joined the Red Cross Ambulance Corps in World War I.
Disney worked on his father's new farm until 1884, when he left to find another job. He was hired in a railroad machine shop (one of his co-workers was Walter Chrysler), then he joined the railroad crew building the Union Pacific line through Colorado. After the railroad contract was over, he became a professional fiddle player in Denver. Again he was unsuccessful, and he returned to his father's farm.  He also worked for a short time as a mailman in Kissimmee, Florida, close to the eventual site of Walt Disney World. Disney did also attempt to make a career as an orange grower in Florida, but he was unsuccessful. Although frequently unsuccessful at self-employment, Disney's entrepreneurial tendencies were passed on to his son Walt.
He was a construction worker for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, an event which author Erik Larson cites as a source of inspiration for his son Walt and the Disney kingdom he would eventually create. He bought shares of O-Zell Company, a jelly-canning factory that also produced apple juice in Chicago, where his son Walt Disney worked before he joined the Red Cross Ambulance Corps in World War I.
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