Leland Stanford padlet by Jake MacNelly https://padlet.com/jake_macnelly241/jf4el4de9die2rba en-us 2023-01-24 18:07:33 UTC 2023-01-24 18:28:45 UTC hello@padlet.com Co-founded the Central Pacific Railroad company jake_macnelly241 https://padlet.com/jake_macnelly241/jf4el4de9die2rba/wish/2455123646 2023-01-24 18:12:00 UTC https://padlet.com/jake_macnelly241/jf4el4de9die2rba/wish/2455123646 born of 8 children, many of the others becoming politicians jake_macnelly241 https://padlet.com/jake_macnelly241/jf4el4de9die2rba/wish/2455124798 2023-01-24 18:12:47 UTC https://padlet.com/jake_macnelly241/jf4el4de9die2rba/wish/2455124798 lost his law library in a fire in 1852, moves west and runs a general store jake_macnelly241 https://padlet.com/jake_macnelly241/jf4el4de9die2rba/wish/2455127021 2023-01-24 18:14:13 UTC https://padlet.com/jake_macnelly241/jf4el4de9die2rba/wish/2455127021 Served as a "justice of the peace" and helped organize the Sacramento Library Association jake_macnelly241 https://padlet.com/jake_macnelly241/jf4el4de9die2rba/wish/2455128394 2023-01-24 18:15:10 UTC https://padlet.com/jake_macnelly241/jf4el4de9die2rba/wish/2455128394 moved back to Albany with his wife in 1855, but thought that southern life was too slow for him, and moved to Sacramento in 1856 with his wife. jake_macnelly241 https://padlet.com/jake_macnelly241/jf4el4de9die2rba/wish/2455131202 2023-01-24 18:17:11 UTC https://padlet.com/jake_macnelly241/jf4el4de9die2rba/wish/2455131202 pursued large-scale mercantile buisness and became one of the "big four" merchants jake_macnelly241 https://padlet.com/jake_macnelly241/jf4el4de9die2rba/wish/2455132645 2023-01-24 18:18:12 UTC https://padlet.com/jake_macnelly241/jf4el4de9die2rba/wish/2455132645 had the honor of driving the final spike in the CP railroad company's project jake_macnelly241 https://padlet.com/jake_macnelly241/jf4el4de9die2rba/wish/2455134547 2023-01-24 18:19:36 UTC https://padlet.com/jake_macnelly241/jf4el4de9die2rba/wish/2455134547 owned 2 vineyards, one being the largest in the world at the time jake_macnelly241 https://padlet.com/jake_macnelly241/jf4el4de9die2rba/wish/2455135291 2023-01-24 18:20:07 UTC https://padlet.com/jake_macnelly241/jf4el4de9die2rba/wish/2455135291 governor of Cali, great guy, huge environmentalist edit: read like 2 lines down from this and I take it back, he is NOT a good guy (reversed an act for the protection of native Americans, legally making it so they could be enslaved) jake_macnelly241 https://padlet.com/jake_macnelly241/jf4el4de9die2rba/wish/2455136738 2023-01-24 18:21:04 UTC https://padlet.com/jake_macnelly241/jf4el4de9die2rba/wish/2455136738 Hated Chinese immigrants, "To my mind it is clear, that the settlement among us of an inferior race is to be discouraged by every legitimate means. Asia, with her numberless millions, sends to our shores the dregs of her population." jake_macnelly241 https://padlet.com/jake_macnelly241/jf4el4de9die2rba/wish/2455140200 2023-01-24 18:23:27 UTC https://padlet.com/jake_macnelly241/jf4el4de9die2rba/wish/2455140200 active freemason from 1850-55 jake_macnelly241 https://padlet.com/jake_macnelly241/jf4el4de9die2rba/wish/2455141255 2023-01-24 18:24:10 UTC https://padlet.com/jake_macnelly241/jf4el4de9die2rba/wish/2455141255