Refinancing and rebuilding the Central Pacific: 1899-1910.

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Refinancing and rebuilding the Central Pacific: 1899-1910.

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Consists of a photocopy of a typewritten manuscript that was written by David F. Myrick titled "Refinanacing and Rebuilding the Central Pacific: 1899-1910." The manuscript represents an address given by Myrick to the Golden Spike Symposium at the University of Utah, Salt Lake City, in 1969. It gives a detailed history of the Central Pacific Railroad in Utah and Nevada following its near collapse through to an attempt that was made by Collis P. Huntington, Leland Stanford, and other members of the "Big Four" to refinance and rebuild the company.

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Myrick, David F.

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Author of books on railroads of Nevada and eastern California, railroads of New Mexico, and local histories of San Francisco's Telegraph Hill and Santa Barbara's Montecito. From the description of David F. Myrick papers, 1952-1963. (Nevada State Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 648130192 Designed and printed by Lawton and Alfred Kennedy. From the description of Keepsakes issued to members of the Book Club of California in commemoration of the centennial o...