Leland Stanford, Jr. - Sutter Creek, CA.
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N 38° 23.738 W 120° 48.153
10S E 691900 N 4251998
A plaque to Leland Stanford, Jr. in Sutter Creek, CA.
Waymark Code: WM96QQ
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 07/06/2010
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"A man of tremendous ambition, Leland Stanford, Sr., was one of California’s most distinguished businessmen, politicians, philanthropists, and proponents of education. Lured to California by the Gold Rush in 1852, he became an owner of Sutter Creek’s Union-Lincoln Mine. Stanford went on to become California’s governor, a U.S. Senator, member of the Central Pacific Railroad, “Big Four” and founder of Stanford University, a living memorial to his son, Leland Stanford, Jr."
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