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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 mansion from California Street near Taylor, 1870s. Photo: OpenSFHistory.org wnp37.00877. Charles Crocker was a man who was used to getting what he wanted. A former dry-goods merchant, the six-foot tall, three-hundred pound Crocker had made his fortune by overseeing and financing the Central Pacific Railroad.
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 ...
Charles Crocker called in leaders of the movement and promised them he'd stop work entirely before considering a single one of their demands. The men took his message back to the camps, but still ...
Crocker mausoleum photo from Our Oakland. Charles Crocker (September 16, 1822 – August 14, 1888) was one of the “Big Four” founders of the Central Pacific Railroad. He was responsible for supervising the construction of the western portion of the first transcontinental railroad, and (partly due to a shortage of uninjured men so soon after the Civil War) relied on Chinese laborers for ...
At Rest At Cypress Lawn: Charles Frederick Crocker (1854-1897) Charles Crocker was one of the "Big Four" who built the transcontinental railroad. His eldest son, Charles Frederick Crocker, served as vice president of the Southern Pacific Railroad and president of the San Joaquin and Sierra Nevada Railroad. He died at 42 of Bright’s Disease, a ...
Apr 20, 2010 · In 1865, after struggling with retaining workers due to the difficulty of the labor, Charles Crocker (who was in charge of construction for the Central Pacific) began hiring Chinese laborers ...
