soon finds local culture too stagnant and decides to return to America. His sisters Matilda McDuck and Hortense McDuck go to America with him. Also in 1902, Scrooge's father Fergus McDuck dies, aged 67, in Dismal Downs. Scrooge, Matilda and Hortense are the last of the McDuck clan. Scrooge settles in the small village of Duckburg, Calisota, United States, which he chose as his home base. 1909–1930: While his sisters remain in Duckburg and run his empire, Scrooge, age 42–63, travels the world expanding his empire in every continent. 1930: Scrooge, at 63, becomes the richest duck in the world, but a fight with his family leaves him with no contact with them for the next seventeen years. Note that during this year he met his ten-year-old nephew Donald Duck and his nephew's twin sister Della Duck for the first time. (It was possibly the only time Scrooge met his niece Della, ignoring the girl completely.) 1942: Scrooge, age 75, feels depressed and tired and decides to retire. 1947: Scrooge, age 80, meets his nephew Donald Duck, now age 27, as well as his grandnephews, Della's children, Huey, Dewey, and Louie Duck, who are under Donald's care. He decides to become active again and soon a circle of activities whirl around him as he attracts the attention of relatives, old and new enemies and friends. 1955: Scrooge, age 88, is reunited and reconciled with his sister Matilda, thanks to Donald (In the story "A Letter From Home"). 1967: According to Don Rosa's unofficial timeline, Scrooge McDuck died at the age of 100 years after a life of adventure. Historical figures appearing in the work Several notable historical figures appear in the series: John Jacob Astor IV P. T. Barnum Roy Bean Buffalo Bill Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid The Dalton Gang Marcus Daly Wyatt Earp Geronimo Hamengkubuwono VII of Yogyakarta and Pakubuwono IX of Surakarta Esteban Huertas Frank and Jesse James Jack London Macbeth, King of Scotland Murdo MacKenzie Bat Masterson William Henry Moody Nicholas II of Russia Annie Oakley Parita Robert Peary Edith Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt Captain George R. Shanton, Canal Zone Police John Frank Stevens Royal Canadian Mounted Police Colonel Sam Steele Other notable historical figures mentioned include: Manuel Amador Guerrero Philippe Bunau-Varilla "Gentleman Jim" Corbett Sitting Bull John Philip Sousa Collected editions References External links The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck at the INDUCKS The