Lewis Tasheira's history : typescript copy, 1920 Dec. 13.

Huntington, Collis Potter, 1821-1900

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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...

Root, Henry, 1935-2005

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Tasheira, Lewis, 1845-

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Construction engineer and surveyor, involved with numerous California railroad projects. Arrived in California in 1855 with mother, joining his father Anthony Lewis Tasheira who had come to mine in 1849. From the description of Lewis Tasheira's history : typescript copy, 1920 Dec. 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122571835 ...

Stanford, Leland, 1824-1893

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Lawyer born in Albany, New York but moved to California where he became active in the Republican Party, running for governor and losing in 1860. Later president of the Union Pacific Railroad and founder of Stanford University. From the description of Letter, March 14, 1861. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 55662301 Leland Stanford was born March 9, 1824 in Waltervliet Township, New York. He was admitted to the practice of law in 1848 and married Ja...