The Associates: Four Capitalists Who Created California (Enterprise)

I live in the northern part of northern California for 40 years and I know that Big Four (Crocker, Hopkins, Huntington, Hopkins) has played an important role in the creation and transcontinental railroads. Everyone is very rich. But like many people living here, I know little about the essence of their participation and the real source of their wealth.

Since Silicon Valley did not exist in the late nineteenth century, I know that their wealth creation stories must be different from what we are seeing today. Author Richard Reiner did a lot of work in his "colleague: the creation of four capitalists in California" and the story of "the construction of railroads, the creation of state and the invention of a large enterprise" and these four people Living "with anyone in the American history" This is to break the law, break the competitors, give bribes to government officials (local government, state, and federal) and sanction the murder It is a story about.

The ultimate ring leader, Charles Crocker, Mark Hopkins, and Collis Huntington of Leland Stanford met Sacramento 's successful retail and wholesale business. They are fascinated by the fundraising trajectory of Theodore Judah, foresight, but urgently needed. They provided a provisional interest and suddenly died after Juda tried to find funds to buy his financial partners.

"Legendary story, the core of myths in the West of the United States" ... ... Courage, America 's competent spirit, murder, fraudulent victory "Beyond doubt and difficult imagination" corruption ... "Tracks laid from the east Competition between the Union Pacific Ireland Navy and the western to the Chinese Pacific Chinese cold people ... "People mind only money and build absolutely ruthless people about money. A story about the desire to cross the mountain, cross the desert, and cross the plain for money.

At the end of the league's operation, "the railroad - the way they operate and the forces they have - in contrast to their appreciation and excitement are viewed as corruption, cruelty, ruthless, and devil 30 years ago. "

For those who are interested in the history of Wild West, or those who need a big government to understand the birth of large companies and eventually dominate the monopolist, this is for the people living in the Golden State It is a book. Very good reading. Well, when I visit Stanford University, Huntington Library and Botanical Gardens, Grace Cathedral (Crocker), or Mark Hopkins Hotel, I will come back to the books in California's history and the contents of these landmarks .

"In 1857, Judah visited Washington in its own way," Richard Lynner wrote, "Colleagues: to create four capitalists in California." "For several months he listened to the discussion, took notes in the conference room, studied lobbyists, the sole purpose of his travel was to understand how politics works. "Haurod Evans wrote," Practical plans "are tough idealists and engineers' papers, Gail Buckland and David Lefer said:" They make America: from steam engines to search engines "I said. In the previous question, I did not answer the next question. How many tunnels do you need and how long will it take? How many bridges will you build and cross the river and underdrain? And what is the foundation? "

Since Silicon Valley did not exist in the late nineteenth century, I know that their wealth creation stories must be different from what we are seeing today. Author Richard Reiner did a lot of work in his "colleague: the creation of four capitalists in California" and the story of "the construction of railroads, the creation of state and the invention of a large enterprise" and these four people Living "with anyone in the American history" This is to break the law, break the competitors, give bribes to government officials (local government, state, and federal) and sanction the murder It is a story about.