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About Mark Hopkins
Mark Hopkins Jr. 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.
Everything about Mark Hopkins →- Occupation
- businessperson
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- September 1, 1813
- Died
- March 29, 1878