Leland Stanford

Leland Stanford

male, deceased (1893)
Stanford University founder, Stanford, politician, TYCOON, robber baron, Stanford University…Southern Pacific Railroad, American railroad executive, CentralPacificRailroad
Amasa Leland Stanford (March 9, 1824 - June 21, 1893) was an American tycoon, politician and founder of Stanford University. He was born in...
Mark Hopkins

Mark Hopkins

male, deceased (1878)
from California, Historic California, American railroad executive, CentralPacificRailroad, Collis Huntington
Mark Hopkins (September 1 1813 - March 29 1878) was one of four principal investors who formed the Central Pacific Railroad along with Leland...
Theodore Judah

Theodore Judah

male, deceased (1863)
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute alumni, First Transcontinental Railroad, CentralPacificRailroad, Death from yellow fever, engineer, Theodore Dehone Judah…American railroad executive, railroad
Theodore Dehone Judah (March 4 1826-November 2 1863) was an American engineer who dreamed of the First Transcontinental Railroad and launched the...
Alfred A. Hart

Alfred A. Hart

male
stereoscopy, photographer, American, CentralPacificRailroad, stereoviews, First Transcontinental Railroad…Central Pacific Trestle
Alfred A. Hart (1816-1908) was a 19th century American photographer for the Central Pacific Railroad. Hart was the official photographer of the...
Carleton Watkins

Carleton Watkins

male, deceased (1916)
photographer, photograph, Carleton E. Watkins, stereoviews, yosemite valley, Collis Huntington…CentralPacificRailroad, pacific coast, Southern Pacific Railroad
Carleton E. Watkins (November 11, 1829-June 23, 1916) was a noted 19th century Californian photographer. Carleton Emmons Watkins was born in...
Collis Potter Huntington

Collis Potter Huntington

male, deceased (1900)
Mark Hopkins, buried at Woodlawn Cemetery, CentralPacificRailroad, American, transcontinental railroad, Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx burials…Southern Pacific Railroad, American railroad executive
Collis Potter Huntington (April 16 or October 22 1821-August 13 1900) was one of the Big Four of western railroading (along with Leland Stanford,...

David Brooks

male
American, inventor, pennsylvania railroad, telegraph, telegraphy, CentralPacificRailroad
David Brooks was an Philadelphia, Pennsylvania inventor, remembered for an innovative insulator for telegraph lines in 1864 and 1867. He patented...
Oliver Ames Jr.

Oliver Ames Jr.

male, deceased (1877)
American railroad executive, union pacific railroad, CentralPacificRailroad, First Transcontinental Railroad, Oliver Ames, Sr.
Oliver Ames, Jr. (1807 - 1877) was president of Union Pacific Railroad when the railroad met the Central Pacific Railroad in Utah for the...
William H. Crocker

William H. Crocker

male, deceased (1937)
Yale University, delta kappa epsilon, Crocker Middle School, Impressionism, 1906 san francisco earthquake, monet…CentralPacificRailroad
William H. Crocker (born: 1861 in Sacramento, California - died: 1937 in Burlingame, California) founded and then later became the president of...
Charles Roscoe Savage

Charles Roscoe Savage

male, deceased (1909)
Mormon, photographer, union pacific railroad, American, Great Basin, Pioneer…CentralPacificRailroad, First Transcontinental Railroad, Central Pacific
Charles Roscoe Savage was a British-born landscape and portrait photographer who produced images of the American West. He is best known for his...