The Big Four Railroad Barons (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781494953577)

The Big Four, Collis Huntington, Mark Hopkins, Leland Stanford, and Charles Crocker, ruled California government for 30 years. The southern Pacific Railroad was the single largest corporation in California and controlled 85 percent of the state's railroad tracks. Huntington handed out bribes to legislators, local police and government officials with impunity. At political conventions, agents of the railroad freely circulated the convention floor and dominated the smoke-filled rooms, arranging the nomination of pro-railroad candidates.

Author: Alton Pryor
ISBN-10: 1494953579
ISBN-13: 9781494953577
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 01/10/2014
Pages: 202
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.53lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.51w x 0.43d