1821 - 1900
Collis Potter Huntington American Philanthropist
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| First Name |
Collis
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| Middle Name |
Potter
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| Last Name |
Huntington
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| Birthday |
22nd October, 1821
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| Birthplace |
Harwinton, Connecticut, USA
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| Died |
13th August, 1900
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| Place of Death |
Camp Pine Knot, Raquette Lake, New York
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| Buried |
Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York
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| Zodiac Sign |
Libra
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| Nationality |
American
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| Occupation |
Philanthropist
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Collis Potter Huntington (October 22, 1821 – August 13, 1900) was an American industrialist. He was one of the Big Four of western railroading (along with Leland Stanford, Mark Hopkins, and Charles Crocker) who invested in Theodore Judah's idea to build the Central Pacific Railroad as part of the first U.S. transcontinental railroad. Huntington then helped lead and develop other major interstate lines such as the Southern Pacific Railroad and the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway (C&O), which he was recruited to help complete. The C&O, completed in 1873, fulfilled a long-held dream of Virginians of a rail link from the James River at Richmond to the Ohio River Valley. The new railroad facilities adjacent to the river there resulted in expansion of the former small town of Guyandotte, West Virginia into part of a new city which was named Huntington in his honor.
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