Mark Hopkins Jr.

Mark Hopkins (September 1, 1813 – March 29, 1878) was one of four principal investors who had agreed to fund Theodore D. Judah's idea of building a railway over the Sierra Nevada from Sacramento, CA to Promontory, Utah. They formed the Central Pacific Railroadalong with Leland Stanford, Charles Crocker, and Collis Huntington in 1861.
Category:Last Name Hopkins
Category:Born 1813
Category:Died 1878