The Big Four Railroad Barons - Paperback
by Alton Pryor
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Languages:EnglishPublisher:Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformISBN-13:9781494953577ISBN-10:1494953579UPC:9781494953577Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:United StatesBook Topic:20th CenturySize:8.50 x 5.51 x 0.43 inchesWeight:0.5313Product ID:SCDZP8P5N5
The Big Four, Collis Huntington, Mark Hopkins, Leland Stanford, and Charles Crocker, ruled California government for 30 years. The southern Pacific Railroad was the single largest corporation in California and controlled 85 percent of the state's railroad tracks. Huntington handed out bribes to legislators, local police and government officials with impunity. At political conventions, agents of the railroad freely circulated the convention floor and dominated the smoke-filled rooms, arranging the nomination of pro-railroad candidates.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformISBN-13:9781494953577ISBN-10:1494953579UPC:9781494953577Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:United StatesBook Topic:20th CenturySize:8.50 x 5.51 x 0.43 inchesWeight:0.5313Product ID:SCDZP8P5N5
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