Charles Crocker
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Charles Crocker was an American railroad executive and founding patriarch of the Crocker business dynasty. He was a member of the "Big Four" who famously oversaw construction of the Central Pacific Ra
Portrait by Stephen W. Shaw, 1872
Pacific Railroad Bond, City and County of San Francisco, 1865
The Truckee River at Verdi, Nevada. When the Central Pacific Railroad reached the site in 1868, Charles Crocker pulled a slip of paper from a hat and read the name of Giuseppe Verdi; so, the town was named after the Italian opera composer.
Charles Crocker's Second Empire-Italian Villa style mansion (1877), formerly at the N.W. corner of California & Taylor, on Nob Hill, San Francisco, now the site of Grace Cathedral.
Crocker family
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The Crocker family was a wealthy American family based in California. Its fortune was primarily built in the railroad industry under Charles Crocker. In addition to his large holdings in railroads, Ch
Charles Crocker
…Charles Crocker (September 16, 1822 – August 14, 1888) was an American railroad executive and founding patriarch of the Crocker business dynasty. He was a member of the "Big Four" who famously oversaw construction of the Central Pacific Railroad and purchased control of the Southern Pacific…
Charles C Crocker by Stephen W Shaw
Charles Frederick Crocker
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