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William Chapman Ralston (January 12, 1826 – August 27, 1875) was a San Francisco businessman and financier, and the founder of the Bank of California.
William Chapman Ralston. (Born at Wellsville, Ohio, January 12, 1826—died in San Francisco, August 27, 1875) One of the bonanza gods San Francisco loved was William C. Ralston. In the summer of 1875 he was a hero and a prince in the eyes of the ordinary people.
Nicknamed the magician of San Francisco, William Chapman Ralston made and ultimately lost immense fortunes before his untimely and controversial death.
William Chapman Ralston is held to be the most influential catalyst of San Francisco's growth after the Gold Rush of 1849. As a successful banker and investor in San Francisco, Ralston established a monopoly of the gold mine industry from 1864 to his death in 1875.
William Chapman Ralston, a San Francisco banker, had some involvement with the Central Pacific Railroad. Besides having founded the Bank of California, he was also on the railroad's board of directors. To honor him, the new village located in Stanislaus County was to bear his name.
William Chapman Ralston. Captain Ralston died in San Francisco August 27, 1875. William Chapman Ralston was a Scots-Irishman born at Wellsville, Ohio on January 12, 1826. He captained Gold Rush steamers ferrying gold-seekers up the Coast from Panama.
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Ralston Hall Mansion located in Belmont, California, was the country house of William Chapman Ralston, a San Francisco businessman, a founder of the Bank of California, and a financier of the Comstock Lode.
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