and later merged with the Central Pacific Railroad. The election of 1885 brought him into the United States Congress. I am senator. Stanford became a very wealthy man because of his political ...

Much like his future partners, Leland Stanford remade himself ... free from the responsibilities of office, Stanford turned his full attention to railroad duties. However, the president seemed ...

Without a Leland Stanford there would have been no Carnegie ... The effect of the Transcontinental Railroad can’t even possibly be gauged compared to a guy who had an oil company, or a guy ...

Much like his future partners, Leland Stanford remade himself ... free from the responsibilities of office, Stanford turned his full attention to railroad duties. However, the president seemed ...

“If you know a little bit more of the history, you might know that Leland Stanford was the president of the Central Pacific Railroad.” TAKE A TRIP ON BARTELL'S BACKROADS: Binge the Backroads ...

Leland Stanford left his law career in New York for the California gold rush. Eventually, however, he grew his wealth as one of the founders of the Central Pacific Railroad along with Collis P.

Sacramento, California, 1870. Pioneer photographer Eadweard Muybridge becomes entangled in railroad robber baron Leland Stanford's delusions of grandeur. Tasked with proving Stanford's belief that ...

They include: Advertisement -- Explorer Amerigo Vespucci in 1454 -- Leland Stanford, railroad builder and founder of California's Stanford University, in 1824 -- Writer Victoria "Vita" Sackville ...