Andrew - the man behind The McKelvey Foundation

The McKelvey Foundation is a charitable organization based in New York established in 2000 by American businessman and founder of Monster Worldwide Inc., Andrew McKelvey.

McKelvey’s 1911 Railroad for River Plata in Uruguay

In the New York Times of December 8, 1911 a report states that “The United Fruit ship Almirante, in yesterday from Colon, brought John J. McKelvey, President of the first American company to begin construction of an all-American railroad in the River Plata region of South America.”

McKelvey’s 1827 Railroad in Pennsylvania

 William McKelvey was involved in financing the  building Pennsylvania’s first railroad.

The McKelvey Brothers East Broad Top railway 1922 - 1928

Frank and Eugene McKelvey developed a narrow-gauge railway system to enable the effective transportation of mine props from the forrest to the market.

The first lady of Montana Territory

Lenore McKelvey Puhek writes novels based on accurate historical information about her home state of Montana.  She also enacts in costume one of her characters, Mrs. Thomas Francis (Libby) Meagher , “the first lady of Montana Territory."

Jim has altered the way money changes hands

He flies his plane, plays the piano, blows glass, and works on the next big thing.

Elizabeth and After

Carl McKelvey returns to small-town Ontario, to a landscape marred by 'progress' and dotted by monster homes, to see more of his young daughter Lizzie, and to put behind him the legacy of violence and alcohol that brought about his divorce and subsequent departure.