# William P. Halliday

> William Parker Halliday was an American steamboat captain, banker, printer, hotel owner, vast landowner and businessman. Halliday began his professional career working on steamboats on the Mississippi and Ohio rivers and eventually became a captain of a steamboat based out of Louisville, Kentucky. A pioneer in the river and railroad transportation businesses, Halliday was responsible for the expansion of Cairo, Illinois, following the American Civil War.

*Steamboat captain and developer in Cairo, Illinois*

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## Identity
- **Category:** Investors
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1827-07-21
- **Died:** 1899-09-22
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

William Parker Halliday was an American steamboat captain, banker, printer, hotel owner, vast landowner and businessman. Halliday began his professional career working on steamboats on the Mississippi and Ohio rivers and eventually became a captain of a steamboat based out of Louisville, Kentucky. A pioneer in the river and railroad transportation businesses, Halliday was responsible for the expansion of Cairo, Illinois, following the American Civil War.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 37.7 / 100
- **Momentum:** 1.6 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 3.1 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 20.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 58.0 / 100

## Sources
- [William P. Halliday](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_P._Halliday)
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- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8016464)

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