Gold Rush Connections
The Big Four of the Central Pacific Railroad Company of California: Leland Stanford, Collis Huntington, Charles Crocker, and Mark Hopkins
- Leland Stanford recognized demand for railroad
- Along with others who found success through Gold Rush, Stanford formed "Big Four" of California Railroad
- "Big Four" created Central Pacific Railroad Company
- Central Pacific Railroad employed thousands of Chinese miners to build railroad
- Transcontinental Railroad completed in 1869 after Central Pacific railroad connected with Union Pacific railroad