The ocean-liner the SS Minnesota was owned by Canadian-American railroad executive who became known as what during his lifetime?
SS Minnesota (1904): SS "Minnesota was an American built ocean-liner operated by the Great Northern Steamship Company which was owned by James J. Hill. James J. Hill: James Jerome Hill (September 16, 1838 – May 29, 1916), was a Canadian-American railroad executive. James J. Hill:  He was the chief executive officer of a family of lines headed by the Great Northern Railway, which served a substantial area of the Upper Midwest, the northern Great Plains, and Pacific Northwest. James J. Hill:  Because of the size of this region and the economic dominance exerted by the Hill lines, Hill became known during his lifetime as "The Empire Builder."
"The Empire Builder."