Collis Potter Huntington biographical material for H.H. Bancroft's Chronicles of the Builders of the Commonwealth, 1887-1890.
Related Entities
There are 10 Entities related to this resource.
Hampton University (Va.)
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63w092b (corporateBody)
Hampton Institute in Hampton, Virgina, also know as the Normal School, chartered in 1870. From the description of Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute ephemera, 1882-1903 and undated. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 639344721 The Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute was chartered in 1870 in Hampton, Virginia. From the guide to the Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute ephemera, 1882-1903 and undated, (David M. Rubenstein Rare Book ...
Southern Pacific railroad company
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6p30q33 (corporateBody)
The Southern Pacific Railroad was founded in 1865 and was purchased in 1869 by Collis Huntington, Leland Stanford, Charles Crocker and Mark Hopkins, better known as the Big Four. It was the first railroad to connect Los Angeles to the rest of California and its lines extended as far as New Orleans. In 1901, the Union Pacific Railroad bought 38% of Southern Pacific stock and took control of the company, but the Union Pacific was ultimately forced to divest these shares in 1912 by the U.S. Supreme...
Huntington, Collis Potter, 1821-1900
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6891966 (person)
Collis P. Huntington was President of the Southern Pacific Railroad at the time this letter was written (1892). He tells his Fresno District Superintendent, James L. Frazier, that he is glad the latter's family is comfortably situated in the Pollaskey house, Fresno. From the description of Huntington correspondence, 1892. (University of the Pacific). WorldCat record id: 36847465 Financier and railroad executive. From the description of Papers of Collis Potter Hun...
Towne, Alban Nelson, 1829-
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60s3ts4 (person)
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6rz3n09 (corporateBody)
The Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company was founded in 1886 by Collis Potter Huntington in Newport News, Va. From the description of Records : of the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, ca. 1886-1961. (The Mariners' Museum Library). WorldCat record id: 30694323 ...
Central Pacific Railroad Company
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6jh791s (corporateBody)
Signed by Leland Stanford, President of the C.P.R.R. Co. and E.H. Miller, Jr., Secretary of the C.P.R.R. Co. From the description of Land sale document to Samuel Manning, 1870 Aug. 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754864271 California Central Railroad Company (CPRR); inc. 21 Apr. 1857; located at Folsom, Sacramento County; sold to Central Pacific Railroad, Nov. 10, 1864; in 1885 the Central Pacific Railroad was leased by the Southern Pacific Company (reorganized 1899 as Ce...
Armstrong, S. C. (Samuel Chapman), 1839-1893
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6nc67d2 (person)
Smith, E. O.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6n10s2g (person)
Bancroft, Hubert Howe, 1832-1918
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w68w3chp (person)
Ezekial Thatcher was clerk of the Parkville School District, Shasta County, Calif. He emigrated to California from Pennsylvania in 1850 and helped establish the first school district in the Parkville area. He is descended from the Thatchers of Uffington, England, the same family as Denis Thatcher, husband of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. From the description of H.H. Bancroft letter : San Francisco, Calif., to E. Thatcher, Parkville, Shasta County, Calif. : ALS (photocopy)...
Sessions, David R.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6xs66tn (person)
