J. H. Strobridge, railroad builder, the man who drove the last spike at Corrine, Utah, May 10, 1869, inaugurating a transcontinental railroad and linking the west with the east, died at Hayward, California, aged 99. Going there from New York when he was a little more than 16 years old, Strobridge is said to have built more miles of railroad than any other man on the Pacific coast. (from Railway Review, July 30, 1921)
Charles Crocker was in charge of the CP construction company, but it was Strobridge who did all the work, hired all the Chinese workers, and lived at the end of the line with them managing the daily progress. His wife Maria was the only women who lived on the railroad with him and was front and center at Promontory when the rails were joined May 10th, 1869.
Charles Crocker was in charge of the CP construction company, but it was Strobridge who did all the work, hired all the Chinese workers, and lived at the end of the line with them managing the daily progress. His wife Maria was the only women who lived on the railroad with him and was front and center at Promontory when the rails were joined May 10th, 1869.
J. H. Strobridge, railroad builder, the man who drove the last spike at Corrine, Utah, May 10, 1869, inaugurating a transcontinental railroad and linking the west with the east, died at Hayward, California, aged 99. Going there from New York when he was a little more than 16 years old, Strobridge is said to have built more miles of railroad than any other man on the Pacific coast. (from Railway Review, July 30, 1921)
Charles Crocker was in charge of the CP construction company, but it was Strobridge who did all the work, hired all the Chinese workers, and lived at the end of the line with them managing the daily progress. His wife Maria was the only women who lived on the railroad with him and was front and center at Promontory when the rails were joined May 10th, 1869.
Charles Crocker was in charge of the CP construction company, but it was Strobridge who did all the work, hired all the Chinese workers, and lived at the end of the line with them managing the daily progress. His wife Maria was the only women who lived on the railroad with him and was front and center at Promontory when the rails were joined May 10th, 1869.
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Aged 94 Years.
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Mausoleum was built by James Harvey Strobridge for his first wife.
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