George Francis Train
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George Francis Train was an American businessman who organized the clipper ship line that sailed around Cape Horn to San Francisco; he also was an organizer of the Union Pacific Railroad and the Credi
George Francis Train
Train's summer cottage in Newport, Rhode Island
Crédit Mobilier scandal
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The Crédit Mobilier scandal was a two-part fraud conducted from 1864 to 1867 by the Union Pacific Railroad and the Crédit Mobilier of America construction company in the building of the eastern portio
George Francis Train
…who organized the clipper ship line that sailed around Cape Horn to San Francisco; he also was an organizer of the Union Pacific Railroad and the Credit Mobilier in the United States in 1864 to construct the eastern portion of the Transcontinental Railroad, and a horse tramway company in England while there…
Dale Creek Crossing, completed in 1868 as part of the First transcontinental railroad
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