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Hace 3 días · Leland Stanford purchased the land in the late 19th century. At many University gatherings, a student, faculty member or other speaker will read a land acknowledgment developed in collaboration ...
Hace 1 día · By 1868 he also owned the San Francisco & Oakland, which he had purchased from his uncle Rodman Gibbons. He then convinced one of the Central Pacific Railroad’s Big Four, Leland Stanford, not to run the transcontinental railroad through San Jose to San Francisco. He persuaded Stanford to use the railroads that he and his uncle had created.
Hace 3 días · About Hoover. Located on the campus of Stanford University and in Washington, DC, the Hoover Institution is the nation’s preeminent research center dedicated to generating policy ideas that promote economic prosperity, national security, and democratic governance.
Hace 4 días · The site offers visitors a brief history of the building of the transcontinental railroad as well as information on the history and technology of 19th century railroads. Most important, it offers full text access to the Linda Hall Library’s extensive collection of 19th century railroad periodicals.
Hace 14 horas · Stanford University was founded in 1885 by California senator Leland Stanford and his wife, Jane, “to promote the public welfare by exercising an influence in behalf of humanity and civilization.” Subscribe for scholarship alert.
Hace 5 días · A Commemorative Origin. Stanford University was founded by railroad tycoon Leland Stanford and his wife, Jane Lathrop Stanford, in 1885 to honor their only child, Leland Stanford Jr., who tragically died of typhoid fever.
Hace 2 días · A small group of pro-Palestinian student protesters occupied the office of Stanford's President this morning. They made demands including that the protesters themselves be given amnesty for their actions. Pro-Palestine protesters entered and barricaded themselves inside Building 10, the president’s office, located in Main Quad, at 5:30 a.m ...
