Hopkins, Mark, 1813-1878
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Name (Latin)
Hopkins, Mark, 1813-1878
Date of birth
1813-09-01
Date of death
1878-03-29
Associate group
Central Pacific Railroad Company
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
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Sources of Information
- Lewis, O. The big four ... 1938
- American national biography online, Dec. 27, 2012(Hopkins, Mark; b. Sept. 1, 1813, Henderson, N.Y., d. Mar. 29, 1878, Yuma, Ariz.; railroad builder; member of the "Big Four" organizers of the Central Pacific Railroad)
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Mark Hopkins 1813-1878
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Wikipedia description:
Mark Hopkins Jr. (September 3, 1814 – March 29, 1878) was an American railroad executive. He was one of four principal investors that funded Theodore D. Judah's idea of building a railway over the Sierra Nevada from Sacramento, California, to Promontory, Utah. They formed the Central Pacific Railroad along with Leland Stanford, Charles Crocker, and Collis Huntington in 1861.
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