https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/eht4em14nndu By Jared Espinosa en-us 2017-10-05 17:37:45 UTC 2024-03-20 05:48:51 UTC hello@padlet.com 812354 https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/eht4em14nndu/wish/194424425 Stanford was the founder of one the most known Universities around the world: Stanford University.  He was also president of the Southern Pacific Railroad and in 1861, the Central Pacific.

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Wikipedia]]> 2017-10-05 17:52:04 UTC https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/eht4em14nndu/wish/194430527 812354 https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/eht4em14nndu/wish/194433205 One of four main investors who formed the Central Pacific Railroad along with Charles Crocker, Leland Stanford, and Collis Huntington. Although his success wasn't reached at first, he reached it eventually when he formed the Central Pacific along with the other three colleagues. 

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