Francis Livingston was a Dickinson student who was born in Buenos Aires and attended Dickinson College up until the Civil War. After enlisting in the war, Francis obtained a law degree from Albany, NY and moved back to Buenos Aires. In Buenos Aires Francis joined the family business and soon found himself a close friend to Bartolome Mitre (future president of Argentina). When Mitre became president Livingston became to director of the Central-Northern Railroad which would change Argentina forever. Not only providing the prosperous growth of a far reaching railway, but also creating a centralized country. For more information on Dickinsonian, Francis Livingstonhttp://chronicles.dickinson.edu/encyclo/l/ed_livingstonFS.htm
The blog posts about Francis will be labeled 'Francis Livingston' in case you want to avoid these entries and stick to the more exciting pictures and stories of my trip.
