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Collis Potter Huntington

BornApril 16 or October 22, 1821
Harwinton, Connecticut, U.S.
DiedAugust 13, 1900

Collis Potter Huntington (April 16[1][2] or October 22[3][4][5][6][7][8][9] 1821 – August 13, 1900) was one of the Big Four of western railroading (along with Leland Stanford, Mark Hopkins, and Charles Crocker) who built the Central Pacific Railroad as part of the first U. Events 1178 BC - A Solar eclipse may have marked the return of Odysseus, legendary King of Ithaca, to his kingdom Events 202 BC - Hannibal Barca, leader of the Carthaginians, is defeated by the Roman legions under Scipio Africanus Year 1821 ( MDCCCXXI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Harwinton is a town in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Events 3114 BC - According to the Lounsbury correlation the start of the Maya calendar. Year 1900 ( MCM) was an exceptional Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar Events 1178 BC - A Solar eclipse may have marked the return of Odysseus, legendary King of Ithaca, to his kingdom Events 202 BC - Hannibal Barca, leader of the Carthaginians, is defeated by the Roman legions under Scipio Africanus Year 1821 ( MDCCCXXI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Events 3114 BC - According to the Lounsbury correlation the start of the Maya calendar. Year 1900 ( MCM) was an exceptional Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar The Big Four was the name popularly given to the chief Entrepreneurs in the building of the Central Pacific Railroad, the western portion of the First Amasa Leland Stanford ( March 9, 1824 June 21, 1893) was an American Tycoon, Politician and founder of Mark Hopkins could refer to Mark Hopkins (educator (1802-1887 American educator Charles Crocker ( September 16 1822 &ndash August 14 1888) was an American Railroad executive. The Central Pacific Railroad was the California-to-Utah portion of the First Transcontinental Railroad in North America S. transcontinental railroad. Transcontinental Railroad is a Railroad that crosses a Continent from "coast-to-coast" Huntington then helped lead and develop other major interstate lines such as the Southern Pacific Railroad and the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway. The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (C&O was a Class I railroad formed in 1869 in Virginia from many smaller railroads begun in the 19th century In Virginia, he was responsible for the development of Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company and the incorporation of Newport News, Virginia into an independent city. The Commonwealth of Virginia ( is an American state Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding ( NGS) formerly called Northrop Grumman Newport News ( NGNN) or Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company Newport News is an Independent city in Virginia. It is at the south-western end of the Virginia Peninsula, on the north shore of the James River An independent city is a City that does not form part of another general-purpose Local government entity Another railroad town, the city of Huntington, West Virginia was named in his honor. Huntington is a city located in the State of West Virginia along the Ohio River.

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Biography

Education and early career

Collis Potter Huntington was born in Harwinton, Connecticut, USA in 1821; while some references state his birth date as April 16, others list October 22. Harwinton is a town in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States. Events 1178 BC - A Solar eclipse may have marked the return of Odysseus, legendary King of Ithaca, to his kingdom Events 202 BC - Hannibal Barca, leader of the Carthaginians, is defeated by the Roman legions under Scipio Africanus In 1842 he and his brother established a successful business in Oneonta, New York, selling general merchandise. Oneonta is a City located within Otsego

When he saw opportunity blooming in America's West, he set out for California, and established himself as a merchant in Sacramento at the start of the California Gold Rush. The California Gold Rush (1848&ndash1855 began on January 24 1848 when Gold was discovered by James Marshall at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California Huntington succeeded in his California business, too, and it was here that he teamed up with Mark Hopkins selling miners' supplies and other hardware. Mark Hopkins Junior ( September 1 1813 &ndash March 29 1878) was one of four principal investors who formed the Central Pacific Railroad

Building the first U. S. transcontinental railroad

In the late 1850s, he and Hopkins joined forces with two other successful businessmen, Leland Stanford and Charles Crocker, to pursue the idea of creating a rail line that would connect the America's East and West. Amasa Leland Stanford ( March 9, 1824 June 21, 1893) was an American Tycoon, Politician and founder of Charles Crocker ( September 16 1822 &ndash August 14 1888) was an American Railroad executive. In 1861, these four businessmen (sometimes referred to as The Big Four) pooled their resources and business acumen, and formed the Central Pacific Railroad company to create the western link of America's transcontinental railway system. The Big Four was the name popularly given to the chief Entrepreneurs in the building of the Central Pacific Railroad, the western portion of the First The Central Pacific Railroad was the California-to-Utah portion of the First Transcontinental Railroad in North America Of the four, he had a reputation for being the most ruthless in pursing the railroad's business and the ouster of his partner, Stanford. [10]

On May 10, 1869, at Promontory, Utah, the tracks of the Central Pacific Railroad joined with the tracks of the Union Pacific Railroad, and America had a transcontinental railroad. Events 1291 - Scottish Nobles recognize the authority of Edward I of England. Year 1869 ( MDCCCLXIX) is a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Promontory is a location in Box Elder County, Utah, United States, centered approximately at, at an Elevation of 1494 meters (4902 Transcontinental Railroad is a Railroad that crosses a Continent from "coast-to-coast" The joining was celebrated by the driving of the golden spike. A " golden spike " was the last ceremonial spike driven specifically to mark the completion of a railroad line

Southern Pacific Railroad

He was later involved in the establishment of the Southern Pacific Railroad, which was purchased by the Big Four principals of the Central Pacific Railroad in 1868. The Big Four was the name popularly given to the chief Entrepreneurs in the building of the Central Pacific Railroad, the western portion of the First The railroad's first locomotive, C. P. Huntington, was named in his honor. C P Huntington is a 4-2-4T Steam locomotive currently on static display at the California State Railroad Museum in Sacramento California

Chesapeake and Ohio Railway

Beginning in 1871, he oversaw completion of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (C&O) from Richmond across Virginia and West Virginia to reach the Ohio River. The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (C&O was a Class I railroad formed in 1869 in Virginia from many smaller railroads begun in the 19th century This article is about the city of Richmond the capital of the Commonwealth of Virginia. The Commonwealth of Virginia ( is an American state West Virginia ( is a state in the Appalachian Upland South, and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States, bordered by The Ohio River is the largest Tributary by volume of the Mississippi River. There, he established the planned city of Huntington, West Virginia. Huntington is a city located in the State of West Virginia along the Ohio River. He became active in developing the emerging southern West Virginia coal business for the C&O. In the 1880s, he led the building of the C&O's Peninsula Subdivision which extended from the Church Hill Tunnel in Richmond east down the Virginia Peninsula through Williamsburg to the southeastern end of the Peninsula on the harbor of Hampton Roads in Warwick County, Virginia where he established coal piers in at a location which became the City of Newport News in 1896. Church Hill Tunnel is an old Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (C&O tunnel extending for approximately 4000 feet under the Church Hill section of Richmond Virginia The Virginia Peninsula is a Peninsula in southeast Virginia, bounded by the York River, James River, Hampton Roads and Chesapeake Williamsburg is a city located on the Virginia Peninsula in the Hampton Roads region in southeastern Virginia Hampton Roads is the name of both a body of water and the region of land areas which surround it in southeastern Virginia in the USA. Warwick County was a County in Virginia which was consolidated with the city of Newport News in 1958 A coal pier is a Transloading facility designed for the transfer of Coal between rail and ship Newport News is an Independent city in Virginia. It is at the south-western end of the Virginia Peninsula, on the north shore of the James River Nearby, he also founded Newport News Shipbuilding, the largest privately owned shipyard in the United States. Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding ( NGS) formerly called Northrop Grumman Newport News ( NGNN) or Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company

In order to supply freight cars to the C&O, and by extension to the Southern Pacific and Central Pacific Railroads as well, Huntington was a major financier behind Ensign Manufacturing Company, basing the company in Huntington, West Virginia, directly connecting to the C&O; Ensign was incorporated on November 1, 1872. A railroad car or railway carriage is a Vehicle on a rail transport system (railroad or railway that is used for the carrying of Cargo or Ensign Manufacturing Company, founded as Ensign Car Works in 1872 was a railroad car manufacturing company based in Huntington West Virginia. Events 996 - Emperor Otto III issues a deed to Gottschalk Bishop of Freising which is the oldest known document using the name Ostarrîchi Year 1872 ( MDCCCLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year [11][12]

Death, burial

He died in 1900 and is buried at Woodlawn Cemetery in The Bronx, New York. This article refers to the Woodlawn Cemetery in the New York City borough of The Bronx New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous

Family relationships

Collis Huntington was the son of William and Elizabeth (Vincent) Huntington; born October 22, 1821, in Harwinton, Connecticut; he married, first, on September 16, 1844, Elizabeth T. Events 202 BC - Hannibal Barca, leader of the Carthaginians, is defeated by the Roman legions under Scipio Africanus Year 1821 ( MDCCCXXI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Events 1400 - Owain Glyndŵr is declared Prince of Wales by his followers Year 1844 ( MDCCCXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Stoddard, of Cornwall, Connecticut. Cornwall is a town in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States. She died in 1883. He remarried on July 12, 1884, Mrs. Arabella D. Worsham. Events 1191 - Saladin 's garrison surrenders ending the two-year Siege of Acre. Year 1884 ( MDCCCLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Arabella Duval Huntington (c1850-1924 was the second wife of American railway tycoon and Industrialist Collis P He died at his camp, Pine Knot, in the Adirondacks, August 13, 1900. Events 3114 BC - According to the Lounsbury correlation the start of the Maya calendar. Year 1900 ( MCM) was an exceptional Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar

The children of William Huntington and Elizabeth Vincent were

  1. Mary Huntington, born 17 February 1810; married 2 June 1840, Daniel Sammis of Warsaw, New York. Events 1500 - Battle of Hemmingstedt. 1600 - Philosopher Giordano Bruno is burned alive at Campo de' Fiori Year 1810 ( MDCCCX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 455 - The Vandals enter Rome, and plunder the city for two weeks Year 1840 ( MDCCCXL) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Warsaw New York is the name of two locations in Wyoming County New York: Warsaw (village New York Warsaw (town New York
  2. Solon Huntington, born 13 January 1812. Events 532 - Nika riots in Constantinople. 888 - Odo Count of Paris becomes King of the Franks Year 1812 ( MDCCCXII) a leap year started on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year
  3. Rhoda Huntington, born 13 October 1814; married 10 May 1834, Riley Dunbar of Wolcottville. Events 54 - Nero ascends to the Roman throne 409 - Vandals and Alans crossed the Pyrenees Year 1814 ( MDCCCXIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1291 - Scottish Nobles recognize the authority of Edward I of England. Year 1834 ( MDCCCXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common
  4. Phebe/Phoebe Huntington, born 17 September 1817; married 4 October 1840, Henry Pardee of Oneonta, New York. Events 1176 - The Battle of Myriokephalon is fought 1462 - The Battle of Świecino (or Battle of Żarnowiec Year 1817 ( MDCCCXVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 610 - Heraclius arrives by ship from Africa at Constantinople, overthrows Byzantine Emperor Phocas Year 1840 ( MDCCCXL) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Oneonta is a City located within Otsego
  5. Elizabeth Huntington, born 19 December 1819; married 5 April 1842, Hiram Yaker of Kortright, New York. Events 324 - Licinius abdicates his position as Roman Emperor. Year 1819 ( MDCCCXIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar in the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Events 456 - St Patrick returns to Ireland as a missionary bishop Year 1842 ( MDCCCXLII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Kortright is a Town in Delaware County, New York, United States.
  6. Collis Potter Huntington, born 22 October 1820 or 1821 (sources differ on the year). Events 202 BC - Hannibal Barca, leader of the Carthaginians, is defeated by the Roman legions under Scipio Africanus Year 1820 ( MDCCCXX) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1821 ( MDCCCXXI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year
  7. Joseph Huntington, born 23 March 1823; d. Events 1174 - Jocelin, Abbot of Melrose, is elected Bishop of Glasgow. Year 1823 ( MDCCCXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common 23 February 1849; never married
  8. Susan L. Events 1455 - Traditional date for the publication of the Gutenberg Bible, the first Western Book printed from Movable Year 1849 ( MDCCCXLIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Huntington, born August 1826; married 16 November 1849, William Porter, M. Events 534 - A second and final revision of the Codex Justinianus is published Year 1849 ( MDCCCXLIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common D. , of New Haven, Connecticut
  9. Ellen Maria Huntington, born 12 August 1835; married Isaac E. Events 1099 - First Crusade: Battle of Ascalon - Crusaders under the command of Godfrey of Bouillon defeat Fatimid Year 1835 ( MDCCCXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Gates of Orange, New Jersey

Collis Huntington was the adopted father of Clara Elizabeth Prentice, born in Sacramento, in 1860. The City of Orange is a township in Essex County, New Jersey, United States. She was a niece of the first Mrs. C. P. Huntington, and was adopted by Mr. and Mrs. Huntington. Clara Elizabeth Prentice-Huntington (1860-1928), as she was called, married Prince Francis Edward von Hatzfeldt of Wittenburg, Germany, on October 28, 1889. Wittenburg is a town in the district Ludwigslust in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Events 306 - Maxentius is proclaimed Roman Emperor. 312 - Battle of Milvian Bridge: Constantine Year 1889 ( MDCCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common They made their home in England. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland

Collis Huntington was also the adopted father of renowned hispanist Archer M. Huntington, son of Collis P. Archer Milton Huntington ( March 10 1870 &ndash December 11 1955) was the son of Arabella (née Duval Huntington and the stepson Huntington's second wife, by her first husband, who founded a Spanish museum and rare books library The Hispanic Society of America in upper Manhattan, which is still free and open to the public. The Hispanic Society of America is a museum of Spanish, Portuguese, and Latin American art and artifacts as well as a rare books and manuscripts research

Collis was also uncle to another California railroad magnate, Henry E. Huntington, founder of the Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens in San Marino, California and the main force behind the Pacific Electric system in Los Angeles, California. Henry Edwards Huntington ( February 27 1850 &ndash May 23 1927) was a railroad Magnate The Huntington Library Art Collections and Botanical Gardens (or The Huntington) is an educational and research institution established by Henry E San Marino is an affluent city in Los Angeles County, California, USA. The Pacific Electric Railway, also known as the Red Car system was a Mass transit system in Southern California using Streetcars, Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West

He was also related to Clarence Huntington, who was a president of the Virginian Railway. The Virginian Railway was a Class I railroad located in Virginia and West Virginia in the United States.

Charity

He acquired a substantial collection of art, and was generally recognized as one of the country's foremost art collectors. He left most of his collection, valued at some $3 million, to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. The United States dollar ( sign: $; code: USD) is the unit of Currency of the United States; it has also been The Metropolitan Museum of Art is an art museum located on the eastern edge of Central Park, along what is known as Museum Mile in New York City, The City of New York

Places named for Collis P. Huntington

Collis Huntington in popular culture

For reasons that are unclear, he was referred to in Black Beetles in Amber by Ambrose Bierce as "Happy Hunty". The Huntington Hotel is one of the landmark luxury hotels at the top of the Nob Hill district of San Francisco California. The Huntington Free Library is a privately-endowed library in the Bronx borough of New York City which is open to the public Activities Canoeing Cross-Country Skiing Hiking Horseback Riding Mountain Redding is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. Bethel is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States, about sixty miles from New York City. Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce (June 24 1842 &ndash 1914? was an American Editorialist Journalist, short-story writer and Satirist. [13] Huntington was also referenced in Carl Sandburg's poem, Southern Pacific.

Sources

References

  1. ^ Collis P. Huntington. FindAGrave. Retrieved on 2007-04-05. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 456 - St Patrick returns to Ireland as a missionary bishop
  2. ^ Huntington Family Association (1915). Collis Potter Huntington. Retrieved on 2007-04-05. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 456 - St Patrick returns to Ireland as a missionary bishop
  3. ^ Collis P. Huntington. Encyclopedia Brittanica Online. Retrieved on 2007-04-05. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 456 - St Patrick returns to Ireland as a missionary bishop
  4. ^ Matthiesen, Diana Gale. Collis Potter HUNTINGTON & Elizabeth Stillman STODDARD & Arabella Duval YARRINGTON. Diana's Genealogy Home Page. Retrieved on 2007-04-05. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 456 - St Patrick returns to Ireland as a missionary bishop shows research notes from 1900 US census listing his birth as October 1820.
  5. ^ Cristalen (2007). Collis P. Huntington. Wandering Lizard. Retrieved on 2007-04-05. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 456 - St Patrick returns to Ireland as a missionary bishop
  6. ^ Emord, Dawn, and Bushong, David. Biographies of the Leaders of the Central Pacific Rail Road Company. The Transcontinental Railroad. Retrieved on 2007-04-05. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 456 - St Patrick returns to Ireland as a missionary bishop
  7. ^ Collis Huntington. Retrieved on 2007-04-05. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 456 - St Patrick returns to Ireland as a missionary bishop
  8. ^ Collis Potter Huntington (2005-02-25). Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 138 - The Emperor Hadrian adopts Antoninus Pius, effectively making him his successor Retrieved on 2007-04-05. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 456 - St Patrick returns to Ireland as a missionary bishop
  9. ^ Ambrose, Stephen E. (2000). Nothing Like It in the World: The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad. Touchstone, pp 47-48. ISBN 0-7432-0317-8.   A footnote within this book cites the data to "Collis Huntington Memoir, Bancroft Library, U. C. Berkeley. "
  10. ^ The Builders of the Central Pacific Railroad @ CPRR.org as retrieved January 13, 2007. Events 532 - Nika riots in Constantinople. 888 - Odo Count of Paris becomes King of the Franks Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.
  11. ^ Ensign Manufacturing Company. Mid-Continent Railway Museum (2006-04-09). Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 193 - Septimius Severus is proclaimed Roman Emperor by the army in Illyricum (in the Balkans) Retrieved on 2008-04-15. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1450 - Battle of Formigny: Toward the end of the Hundred Years' War, the French attack and nearly annihilate English
  12. ^ White, John H. , Jr. (1993). The American Railroad Freight Car. Boston and London: The Johns Hopkins University Press, p 142. ISBN 0-8018-5236-6.  
  13. ^ Bierce, Ambrose. Black Beetles in Amber. Retrieved on 2006-05-17. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1521 - Edward Stafford 3rd Duke of Buckingham, is executed for Treason.

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Preceded by
Leland Stanford		President of the Southern Pacific Company
1890 – 1900		Succeeded by
Charles Hayes
Amasa Leland Stanford ( March 9, 1824 June 21, 1893) was an American Tycoon, Politician and founder of Charles Arthur Hayes ( February 17, 1918 &ndash April 8, 1997) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from
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