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Charles Crocker. (1822–88). American businessman and banker Charles Crocker was chief contractor in the building of the Central Pacific (later the Southern Pacific) Railroad. Crocker was born on September 16, 1822, in Troy, New York. He was forced to quit school at an early age to help support his family.
Charles Templeton Crocker (1884–1948) Jennie Adeline Crocker (1887–1974) Charles Frederick Crocker (December 26, 1854 – July 17, 1897) was vice president of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company and a member of the wealthy Crocker family. [1] [2]
Businessman. He received notoriety for being a 19th-century railroad baron. Best known as the founder of the Central Pacific Railroad, Charles Crocker was born into a Troy, New York, farm family in 1822. When he was fourteen, his family moved West to Iowa, where young Crocker struck out independently, doing farm, iron forge, and sawmill work.
Charles Crocker was the first Central Pacific Associate to ride the completed transcontinental road, tracing his former wagon route back east. In 1870, he and his invalid brother resigned their ...
Health & Physical Education. Mathematics. Preschool. Professional Development. Science. Social Studies. World Languages. Charles Crocker traversed the future route of the Union Pacific line by wagon. Learn more with this biography from American Experience: "Transcontinental Railroad."
Charles Crocker is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Crocker Capital, a private investment company. Mr. Crocker was the Chief Executive Officer of the Custom Sensors and Technologies Division of Schneider Electric until January 2006.
Nov 6, 2023 · Edwin B. Crocker (brother) Harry Crocker (grand-nephew) Charles Crocker (September 16, 1822 – August 14, 1888) was an American railroad executive who was one of the founders of the Central Pacific Railroad, which constructed the westernmost portion of the first transcontinental railroad, and took control with partners of the Southern Pacific ...
