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Captain of Industry or Robber Barron  The John Insley Blair Story   Most of the time in history there are a lot of different points of view on certain people. John Insley Blair was one of the people that was seen as a good, hard working man by some and a no good, waste to others. Born in New Jersey on a farm, was the fourth child of ten John was an ordinary boy. He became familiar with business while working at a convenient store in New Jersey. He eventually established his own store and eventually went on to make millions and own the most railroad distance in the world. He was a very fair man and treated his workers fairly. He was in fact a captain of industry. http://www.famousamericans.net/johninsleyblair/ Wikipedia http://home.earthlink.net/~blairstownhistory/id17.html