Crocker partnered with Leland Stanford, Collis Potter Huntington and Mark Hopkins to form the Central Pacific Railroad Company on June 27, 1861. The "Big Four" made the dream of a trans-Sierra Nevada railroad a reality with the joining of the Central Pacific and Union Pacific rails at Promontory Point, Utah, on May 10, 1869.
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Original measurements: 1 photographic print; 9-1/2 x 7-1/2 in.
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