Thanks to @kimmaicutler for highlighting Stanford's racism.
Sentences later he "call[s] attention to the importance of steam communication between California & Eastern Asia, whereby ... the course of exchange, instead of being against us, would probably be in our favor."
Wow.https://twitter.com/kimmaicutler/status/1126938368695123968 …
Stanford was briefly a UC Regent but I think was pressured off politically and so he just went his own way and started his own private institution after the death of his only son.
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... as one does! [that bit of case law about how the fate of Stanford was tied to the 9th Circuit's decision about going after railroad shareholders' assets was something I had never heard about. Again, thanks for sharing such stuff via your account!]
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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The most interesting period is after the Transcontinental but before Harriman took over the SP in 1905. The Big Four, wealthy beyond imagination, split up and truly shaped the California we know today. Analogous to the PayPal mafia.pic.twitter.com/zo7BXYEpPv
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Where do I learn about that?
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