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Collis Potter Huntington

2 volumes (775 pages) : 24 cm · Includes bibliographical references (pages 711-747) and index · V. 1. Introductory -- Ancestry -- Boyhood in Harwinton -- A traveling salesman -- A merchant in Oneonta -- The saga of Panama -- A merchant in Sacramento -- Huntington and Hopkins -- Huntington, Hopkins and company -- Pacific railroad projects -- United States railroad surveys, 1853-1855 -- California railroads, 1850-1860 -- San Francisco Railroad Convention, September 20, 1859 -- Central Pacific Railroad Company, organization -- Central Pacific Railroad Company, surveys -- Pacific Railroad bill -- Act of Congress, July 1, 1862 -- Personnel of the company -- The Western Pacific railroad -- Dutch flat and Donner Lake wagon road -- Raising funds for construction -- Huntington, financier and purchasing agent -- Construction of the Central Pacific railroad, 1863 -- Difficulties, natural and man-made -- Dissension in the company -- Pacific railroad progress in 1864 -- Act of Congress, July 2, 1864 -- Tunnels and snowsheds -- Contract and finance company -- Yerba Buena or Goat Island -- Mission Bay -- The Sacramento union -- From Truckee to Ogden -- Unremitting toil and anxiety -- The critical

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