Sacramento History Online

[Portrait of Collis Potter Huntington]

[18--]

1 photographic print ; 9-1/2 x 7-1/2 in.

Huntington, Collis Potter (1821-1900) (2), Central Pacific Railroad Company (159)

Photographic prints (350), Portraits (26)

Huntington partnered with Leland Stanford, Charles Crocker 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 Promontry Point, Utah, on May 10, 1869.

California State Railroad Museum Library

CSRM Library

PORTRAIT FILE

CSRM Negatives SP X 19-9, SP X 40-11