Charles Crocker
American railroad executive who founded the Central Pacific Railroad (1822-1888) · United States · On the map · Founders · Died at 65
Charles Crocker was an American railroad executive and founding patriarch of the Crocker business dynasty. He was a member of the "Big Four" who famously oversaw construction of the Central Pacific Railroad and purchased control of the Southern Pacific Railroad.
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Pacific Railroad Bond, City and County of San Francisco, 1865![The Truckee River at Verdi, Nevada. When the Central Pacific Railroad reached the site in 1868, Charles Crocker pulled a slip of paper from a hat and read the name of Giuseppe Verdi; so, the town was named after the Italian opera composer.[3]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Truckee_River_at_Verdi%2C_east_of_the_Sierra_Nevada_mountains%2C_Nevada%2C_Central_Pacific_R.R%2C_by_Thomas_Houseworth_%26_Co..jpg/1280px-Truckee_River_at_Verdi%2C_east_of_the_Sierra_Nevada_mountains%2C_Nevada%2C_Central_Pacific_R.R%2C_by_Thomas_Houseworth_%26_Co..jpg)
The Truckee River at Verdi, Nevada. When the Central Pacific Railroad reached the site in 1868, Charles Crocker pulled a slip of paper from a hat and read the name of Giuseppe Verdi; so, the town was named after the Italian opera composer.[3]![Charles Crocker's Second Empire-Italian Villa style mansion (1877), formerly at the N.W. corner of California & Taylor, on Nob Hill, San Francisco, now the site of Grace Cathedral.[4]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3b/Isaiah_West_Taber_%281830-1912%29_Charles_Crocker%27s_Residence%2C_San_Franciscoca._1880_SFMOMA.jpg)
Charles Crocker's Second Empire-Italian Villa style mansion (1877), formerly at the N.W. corner of California & Taylor, on Nob Hill, San Francisco, now the site of Grace Cathedral.[4]
Nob Hill Spite fence
Painting of Crocker's daughter, Harriet, by Giovanni Boldini, 1887
Crocker's tomb in Mountain View CemeteryAbout this person
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Lived 1822 to 1888 · aged 65
